Centre for Drama Art

The Centre for Drama Art (Croatian: Centar za dramsku umjetnost, CDU) is a Croatian non-profit organisation founded in 1995 in Zagreb. It was established out of the need to articulate a theoretical and critical platform for contemporary movements in the performing arts, and since its founding it has actively built a context for new and current art while supporting the entire independent scene in Croatia through advocacy activities in the field of cultural policy. CDU has participated in a number of collaborative platforms and networks, including Zagreb – Cultural Capital of Europe 3000, the Klubtura association alliance, and the Operacija Grad association alliance. In recent years the organisation has continued its production and presentation programmes with a particular emphasis on questions of public space — both physical and virtual — and on interdisciplinary approaches. These have included the online gallery and discursive programme net.cube (2015–2016), the Unseen – Mini Film Festival (2017–2019), and various artistic productions. Among the organisation's greatest achievements is two decades (1995–2015) of publishing the bilingual magazine Frakcija, which is held in numerous foreign theatre and dance centres and in university and other libraries, including the Bibliothèque Kandinsky at the Centre Pompidou (Paris, France), The New York Public Library (USA), and the Live Art Development Agency (London, UK). In 2007 Frakcija was exhibited at the prestigious international exhibition held as part of Documenta Magazines 12. At the end of 2019 a searchable web archive of the magazine was published and made publicly available. CDU's publishing activity also included the AKCIJA project (2005–2007), which published books in the field of performing arts, including works by Branko Gavella, Hans-Thies Lehmann and Jon McKenzie, as well as "Razgovori o novom kazalištu" (Conversations on the New Theatre) with prominent theatre workers from the region such as Damir Bartol Indoš, Ivica Boban and Branko Brezovec. The organisation remains active in production, publishing and cultural-policy advocacy.

The Centre for Drama Art (Centar za dramsku umjetnost, CDU) was founded in 1995 in Zagreb, Croatia. It emerged from the need to articulate a theoretical and critical platform for contemporary movements in the performing arts. From its founding, the organisation actively built a context for new and current art and provided support to the entire independent scene in Croatia through advocacy activities in the field of cultural policy. CDU has participated in a number of collaborative platforms and networks, including Zagreb – Cultural Capital of Europe 3000, the Klubtura association alliance, and the Operacija Grad association alliance. These engagements reflect its role as a connector and advocate within the Croatian independent cultural sector. A central part of CDU's history is its publishing activity. For two decades, from 1995 to 2015, it published the bilingual magazine Frakcija. The magazine became internationally recognised and is held in numerous foreign theatre and dance centres and in university and other libraries, including the Bibliothèque Kandinsky at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France; The New York Public Library in the United States; and the Live Art Development Agency in London, UK. In 2007 Frakcija was exhibited at the prestigious international exhibition held as part of the Documenta Magazines 12 project. At the end of 2019, a searchable web archive of the magazine was published and made publicly available. CDU's publishing activity also included the AKCIJA project (2005–2007), which published books in the field of performing arts. Among the works it published were titles by Branko Gavella, Hans-Thies Lehmann and Jon McKenzie, as well as "Razgovori o novom kazalištu" (Conversations on the New Theatre) with prominent theatre workers from the region, including Damir Bartol Indoš, Ivica Boban and Branko Brezovec. In recent years, CDU has continued its production and presentation programmes with a special emphasis on questions of public space — both physical and virtual — and on interdisciplinary approaches. These programmes have included the online gallery and discursive programme net.cube (2015–2016), the Unseen – Mini Film Festival (2017–2019), and various artistic productions. The organisation remains active in production, publishing and cultural-policy advocacy.

• 2019

  Publishes and makes publicly available a searchable web archive of Frakcija.

• 2017

  Runs the Unseen – Mini Film Festival (to 2019).

• 2015

  Concludes two decades of publishing Frakcija (1995–2015).

• 2015

  Runs the online gallery and discursive programme net.cube (to 2016).

• 2007

  Frakcija exhibited at the international exhibition within Documenta Magazines 12.

• 2005

  Launches the AKCIJA book publishing project (runs to 2007).

• 1995

  Centre for Drama Art founded in Zagreb, Croatia.

• 1995

  Begins publishing the bilingual magazine Frakcija.

A non-profit cultural organisation and advocacy platform for contemporary performing arts and the independent scene in Croatia.

• Frakcija magazine

  Bilingual performing-arts magazine published 1995–2015; held in international libraries and exhibited at Documenta Magazines 12 in 2007.

• Frakcija web archive

  Searchable web archive of the magazine made publicly available at the end of 2019.

• AKCIJA book series

  Book publishing project (2005–2007) in the field of performing arts, including works by Branko Gavella, Hans-Thies Lehmann and Jon McKenzie.

• net.cube

  Online gallery and discursive programme (2015–2016).

• Unseen – Mini Film Festival

  Mini film festival (2017–2019).

1. 1Centar za dramsku umjetnost (CDU) – official websitecdu.home.blog
2. 2Centre for drama art – Wikidatawikidata.org