UstrOj2
Published on October 13th, 2026Monday, 19 October 2026, at 7:00 PM
Wednesday, 21 October 2026, at 7:00 PM
Thursday, 22 October 2026, at 8:00 PM
CIRKULACIJA2, Ajdovščina Underpass, Ljubljana
What happens when a performer, a sound artist, a video artist, and a programmer build a machine that none of them can fully control on their own? The result is ustrOj2 — a live audiovisual adventure on the boundary between body and technology, order and chaos, intention and its often wayward consequences.
Movement transforms into sound, sound into image, and image back into an impulse that moves the body, unfolding in every direction and through countless permutations. Sensors capture movements, computers translate them, algorithms become entangled in their own loops, and we, the creators and components of the same machine, chase an elusive and unpredictable balance between control and the uncontrollable.
In ustrOj2, technology is not merely a tool that obeys commands. It is a co-performer with a will and logic of its own — sometimes brilliant, sometimes incomprehensible, but always unpredictable enough to ensure that no two performances can ever be quite the same. Devices designed for measurement and control become musical instruments, paintbrushes, and choreographic partners. Control turns into play, error into possibility, and the machine into something suspiciously alive.
UstrOj2 is a collective experiment in which movement, sound, and video are continuously assembled, dismantled, and rediscovered. There is no predetermined path, no guarantee that everything will go according to plan — and that is precisely what leaves the door open to the things that cannot be planned.
Come and find out who will be controlling whom. The machine us, us the machine, or perhaps we will all discover together that the off switch never existed.
Visitors with epilepsy, particularly photosensitive epilepsy, are advised to exercise caution when attending ustrOj2.
credits
Tatiana Kocmur — movement
Simon Svetlik — koncept, video
Jurij Podgoršek — code, network
Bass Jansson — sound
