Pričakujemo udeležbo do 19 prvakov iz vse Evrope, ki so bili na svojih državnih tekmovanjih izbrani za prvaka:

We’re expecting the participation of up to 19 champions from all over Europe, that have been chosen as champions through their national competitions:

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Julie Lombe je belgijsko-kongovska pesnica, avtorica in govorka. Prejela je nagrado Prix Paroles Urbaines 2019, nagrado za najboljšo slamovsko poezijo v francosko govoreči Belgiji. Njeni nastopi se oprimejo gledalcev in poslušalcev; v njih obravnava družbena vprašanja na edinstven in oseben način. Zaradi vpliva avtorjev, kot sta Anne Waldmane ali Léopold Sédar Senghor, je njen literarni slog mešan, surov, čuten, zabaven in feminističen. Njena besedila vsebujejo onomatopeje, neologizme in izposojenke iz španščine, angleščine, ruščine ali celo jorube.

Več informacij
Website: www.julielombe.com
Facebook: julielombeslam

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Julie Lombe is a Belgian-Congolese slammer, author and speaker. She won the Prix Paroles Urbaines 2019, the award for the best slam poetry in French speaking Belgium. Her performances stick with you; she addresses societal issues in a unique and very personal way. Influenced by authors like Anne Waldmane or Léopold Sédar Senghor, her literary style is mixed, raw, sensual, funny and feminist. Her lyrics contain onomatopoeia, neologisms and words borrowed from Spanish, English, Russian or even Yoruba.

More information
Website: www.julielombe.com
Facebook: julielombeslam

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Ciprski pesniški prvak v slamovski poeziji 2019. Soustanovitelj in gostitelj Pe Ta! Πε Τα!, platforme s sedežem na Cipru in Larnaki, ki vsakomur omogoča, da svojo zgodbo, pesem ali poezijo predstavi pred živim občinstvom.

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Cyprus Poetry Slam Champion 2019. Co-Founder and Host of Pe Ta! Πε Τα! A Cyprus- Larnaca based platform that gives anyone the opportunity to perform their story, song or poetry in front of a live audience. 

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Ondřej Hrabal (r. 1995) je češki pesnik – zmagovalec državnega prvenstva v slamovski poeziji 2018 in avtor dveh pesniških zbirk. S svojimi pesmimi je nastopil na največjih demonstracijah na Češkem po žametni revoluciji, ki se jih je udeležilo 300.000 ljudi. Je frontman in tekstopisec alternativne rep skupine Bartleby. Organizira kulturne prireditve in festivale ter deluje kot tekstopisec. Na Univerzi Palacky (Olomouc, Češka) zaključuje magistrski študij filozofije in angleške filologije. Študiral je tudi kreativno pisanje na Univerzi Vzhodne Anglije (Norwich v Veliki Britaniji) in filozofijo na Univerzi v Baskiji (San Sebastián, Španija). Je izvršni direktor založbe Nugis Finem.

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Ondřej Hrabal (b. 1995) is a Czech poet — the winner of the 2018 National Poetry Slam Championship and author of two collections. He performed his poetry at the largest demonstration in the Czech Republic after the Velvet Revolution, attended by 300.000 people. He is the frontman and lyricist of an alternative-rap band Bartleby. He organizes cultural events and festivals and works as a copywriter. He is finishing his Master's degree in Philosophy and English Philology at Palacky University (Olomouc, CZ). He also studied Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia (Norwich, UK) and Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country (San Sebastián, Spain). He is the CEO of Nugis Finem Publishing.

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Rojen 20. avgusta 1980 – živi na otoku Funen na Danskem. Lasse Nyholm Jensen je v preteklih letih trikrat (2015, 2017 in 2020) zmagal na danskem državnem prvenstvu v slamovski poeziji. Njegova besedila se osredotočajo predvsem na svetovne probleme – na okolje, prekomerno porabo, neenakost, pomanjkanje zaupanja, krutost do živali, izgubo biotske raznovrstnosti in podobnemu – večinoma na satiričen način, ki vzpodbuja k razmisleku, ter pogosto po navdihu njegovega vsakdanjega življenja, ki se odvija na danskem podeželju, kjer prideluje zelenjavo, opazuje ptice, gradi leseno kočo in razmišlja o svetu, ki ga obdaja.

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Born August 20th 1980 – lives on the island of Funen in Denmark. Lasse Nyholm Jensen has won the Danish national championship in poetry slam three times (2015, 2017 and 2020) over the years. His texts focus mainly on the problems of the world – the environment, overconsumption, inequality, lack of trust, animal cruelty, loss of biodiversity and the like – mostly in a satirical and thought provoking way, and often with inspiration drawn from his daily life, which takes place out on the Danish countryside, where he grows his own vegetables, looks at the birds, hand-builds a wooden cabin from logs and thinks about the world surrounding him.

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Kaisa Kuslapuu (r. 1995) je južno-estonska glasbenica in pesnica. Njena besedila so bila objavljena v estonski literarni reviji Värske Rõhk in kulturnem časopisu Sirp. Leta 2016 je končala glasbeno šolo Heino Eller, sodeluje z različnimi zbori in je organistka v cerkvi sv. Janeza v Tartuju. Prav tako piše besedila in glasbo za svojo skupino Lonitseera.

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Kaisa Kuslapuu (b. 1995) is a South Estonian musician and poet. Her texts have been published in the Estonian literary journal Värske Rõhk and cultural newspaper Sirp. Graduated from Heino Eller Music school in 2016, she works with different choirs and is the organist of St. John’s church in Tartu. She also writes lyrics and music for her band Lonitseera.

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“Dolga pot me vodi do tega, da se lahko izrazim. Od znotraj sledim čustvenim vibracijam, svojim in tistim, za katere čutim, da me obkrožajo. Izbruhi šoka, oblaki smeha, valovi jeze – verjamem, da vse teče. Pisanje je zame že od nekdaj kot svež zrak: pogosto se borim s seboj, kako povedati določene stvari, medtem ko jih veliko lažje zapišem.”

“Izrekati pesmi je silovito dejanje. Počutim se, kot da bi na stežaj odpirala vrata, da lahko prostor raste in zadiha.”

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“Coming to express myself is a long path. I follow emotional vibrations from the inside, mine and the ones I feel surrounding me. Bursts of shock, clouds of laughs, waves of anger – I do believe everything flows. From early on, writing has been like a breath of fresh air: I often struggle to say some things, whereas I know how to write them down.”

“Saying is a strong act. I feel like pushing a door wide open so the space can grow, making it breathe.”

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Finska slamovska prvakinja 2019. Prav tako sem bila švedska prvakinja v letih 1997 in 1998.

Rojena sem bila 1960 na Finskem, kjer sem odraščala z zgodbami in poezijo v finskem jeziku. A sem se pri 15-ih letih preselila na severno Švedsko. Tam sem postala učiteljica umetnosti, potem sem pričela s pisanjem poezije, izdala sem romane in dela za otroke, vse v švedščini. Po skoraj 40 letih sem se preselila nazaj na Finsko in se pričela znova učiti maternega jezika. Moje pesmi so napisane v švedskem jeziku, nastopam pa v obeh jezikih. Na evropskem prvenstvu bom nastopala v finščini.

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Finnish champion in Poetry Slam 2019. Also Swedish champion from 1997 and -98.

I was born 1960 in Finland, growing up with stories and poetry in Finnish. But at age 15 I moved to northern Sweden. There I became an art teacher, then a poet and an author of both novels and children's books, in Swedish. After more than 40 years in Sweden I moved back to Finland and started to learn my mother tongue again. My poems are originally written in Swedish but I perform them in both languages. In European Championship's I will perform my poems in Finnish.

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Panagiotis Drakopoulos ali Witness (Atene, Grčija, 1987) je grški državni prvak v slamovski poeziji Grčije 2018–2019. Je pesnik, reper, performer in umetnik govorjene besede. Njegova besedila se večinoma nanašajo na družbene teme, kot so rasizem, politično nasilje in vprašanje enakosti. Njegova besedila so bila objavljena v skupinskih pesniških izdajah. Repa skupaj s skupino, ki igra glasbo v živo, in sodeluje v gledaliških igrah. Pisanje in nastopanje sta njegov način življenja.

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Panagiotis Drakopoulos aka Witness (Athens Greece, 1987). He’s the National Champion of Poetry Slam Greece for the period 2018–2019. Panagiotis is a poet, rapper, performer and a spoken word artist. His lyrics mostly refer to social themes such as racism, political violence and equality issues. His texts have been published in collaborative poetry editions. He’s rapping with a live band and also participates in theatrical plays. Writing and performing is his way of life.

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Pesnik in organizator slamovskih dogodkov, ki prihaja iz Zagreba na Hrvaškem. Hrvaški slamovski prvak v letih 2016 in 2019. Po poklicu je komunikolog, vendar najpogosteje deluje kot voznik, igralec, vodja turnej, pisatelj in performer. Je profesionalni igralec, član HDDU (Hrvaškega združenja dramskih umetnikov). Njegove igralske izkušnje zajemajo več kot 1.000 javnih nastopov v gledališču, filmu, na koncertih, glasbenih in športnih prireditvah. Posnel je tudi 3 glasbene albume: 2 samostojna rep albuma »Temna stran sonca« (»The Darkside of the Sun«, 2003), »Presenečenje« (»Surprise«, 2018) in enega kot frontman punk-ska-reggae-metal-rep zasedbe DeLyricum »Outsider« (2008). Študiral je na Univerzi York v Torontu, Kanadi kot edini študent z Balkana, ki je prejel štipendijo v generaciji 2015. Dobil je tudi 3 druge štipendije in rektorjevo nagrado Univerze v Zagrebu. Vodi motoristična srečanja po Evropi.

Tremens piše provokativno poezijo, ki vznemirja: posveča se predvsem težavam, s katerimi se večinoma soočajo na Balkanu – s svojimi izraznimi nastopi izziva mizoginijo, šovinizem, nacionalizem, homofobijo, sovraštvo in nasilje. Nekatere pesmi niti ne vsebujejo besed, saj ima rad beatboxanje in različne glasove in zvoke. Njegova poezija je zelo ritmična in temelji na glasbi. Piše tudi haikuje in kratke zgodbe, kritike o rep albumih in novinarske članke. Strasten voznik s številnimi vozniškimi kategorijami, skiper in motorist. Tremens je tudi ljubitelj adrenalinskih športov, npr. deskanja na snegu in gorskega kolesarjenja. O vseh svojih dejavnostih piše pesmi.

Je tudi organizator številnih večerov govorjene in slam poezije na Hrvaškem.

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A slam poet and organizer from Zagreb, Croatia. Champion of Croatian Poetry Slam competitions in 2016 and 2019. By profession he is a communication scientist, but works mostly as a driver, actor, tour leader, writer and performer. He is a professional actor, member of HDDU (Croatian Association of Drama Artists). His acting experience covers more than 1.000 public performances through theater, film, concerts, music and sports events. He also has recorded 3 music albums: 2 solo rap albums “The Darkside of the Sun” (2003), “Surprise” (2018), and one as the frontman of the punk-ska-reggae-metal-rap bend DeLyricum “Outsider” (2008). Studied in York University in Toronto, Canada, as the only student from Balkans on scholarship of the generation 2015. Won 3 scholarships and a rector’s prize in University of Zagreb. Also, he is leading motorbike tours around Europe.

Tremens writes provocative poetry “to disturb the spirits” of problems mostly faced in Balkans – challenging misogyny, chauvinism, nationalism, homophobia, hate and violence through his very expressive form of performance. Some poems do not even contain words, since he loves beatbox and non-wordy voices and sounds. His poetry is very rhythmic and music based. Also writes haikus and short stories, as well as rap album reviews and journalistic articles. Passionate driver with many driving categories, skipper, and a biker. Tremens is also a lover of adrenaline sports, e.g. snowboarding and downhill bicycling. Writes poems about all of his activities.

Organizer of many spoken word and slam poetry evenings in Croatia.

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Beau je pesnik, performer, pisatelj, organizator in moderator iz ZDA, ki trenutno biva v Dublinu na Irskem.

Svojo kariero je začel v Novi Angliji v Ameriki, bil je del kolektivov, a tudi samostojno nastopal po ZDA in na Irskem. Redno je nastopal na državnih prvenstvih v slamovski poeziji med leti 2010–2014. Njegova dela, ki so jih objavila številna spletna mesta in revije, je možno najti v zbirkah RUMHAM in Nail Gun and a Love Letter. Williams redno vodi delavnice za srednješolce in študente po ZDA in na Irskem in je organiziral pesniške skupnosti v več mestih.

Januarja 2017 je postal rezidenčni umetnik Umetniškega kolidža Burren v Ballyvaughan na Irskem. Je tudi glavni organizator odprtega mikrofona Glasshouse Poetry v Galwayu in je osvojil naslov prvaka na All-Ireland Poetry Grand Slam (2018). Leta 2019 je prejel nagrado Poetry Ireland Versify. Februarja 2020 je diplomiral iz kreativnega pisanja na Univerzi v Corku. Leta 2020 je v odgovor na koronakrizo osnoval Virtualno pesniško tržnico (Virtual Poetry Marketplace) in antologijo 2 Meter Review, da bi tako pomagal promovirati poezijo in ustvarjati dohodek za pesnike, ki jih je koronazaprtje finančno prizadelo.

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Beau is a performance poet, writer, organizer & facilitator from the United States who is currently based in Dublin, Ireland.

Launching his career in venues of the New England region of the United States, Williams has performed his work as part of collectives as well as solo across the US and Ireland along with competing in the National Poetry Slam (2010-2014). His work, published by numerous websites and journals, may be found in his two collections "RUMHAM" and "Nail Gun and a Love Letter". Williams regularly hosts workshops at high schools and colleges across the United States and Ireland and has organized poetry communities in multiple cities.

In January of 2017, Williams became an Artist in Residence at Burren College of Art in Ballyvaughan, Ireland. He also is the Head Organizer of the Glasshouse Poetry Open Mic in Galway and held the title of All-Ireland Poetry Grand Slam Champion of 2018. In 2019 he won the Poetry Ireland Versify Award. In February 2020, he graduated with an MA in Creative Writing from University College of Cork. In 2020, in response to the COVID crisis, Williams initiated the Virtual Poetry Marketplace Project and the 2 Meter Review Anthology in order to promote poetry and generate income for poets who were financially affected by the lockdown.

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Po končani srednji šoli leta 2014 sem začel študirati igranje na Litovski akademiji za glasbo in gledališče. V študijskih letih sem se učil od učiteljev iz tujine in cenjenih litovskih igralcev. Igral sem tudi v številnih predstavah in kratkih filmih.

Leta 2017 sem začel aktivno sodelovati na slamovskih dogodkih. V tem času je nastala kopica besedil, zato sem se odločil, da najboljše med njimi združim v samostojni pesniški nastop.

Leta 2019 sem začel srednješolce poučevati igranje in sodelovati na odprtih mikrofonih za standup komike.

Trenutno vadim za prihajajoči nastop in se veselim sodelovanja na evropskem prvenstvu v slamovski poeziji 2020.

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After finishing high school in 2014, I started studying acting in Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. During my years of studying, I got to learn from revered Lithuanian actors in addition to teachers visiting from abroad. In my years of studying I got the chance to play in many different performances as well as short films.

Since the year of 2017 I started to actively participate in Poetry Slam events. The multitude of texts written over the years even gave me a chance to merge the best of my them into a solo poetry performance.

In 2019 I started teaching high school students acting and participating in open mic events for stand up comedy.

Right now I am rehearsing for an upcoming performance and looking forward to participation in European Poetry Slam Championship 2020.

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“Sem navaden fant, ki je po naključju Madžar. Rodil sem se v generaciji X, tako da me boomerji in zoomerji strašijo. Diplomiral sem iz filozofije, vendar je v praksi nisem nikoli uporabljal. Zdaj delam kot tekstopisec. Slamovsko poezijo sem začel pisati, ko se mi je rodila hči, in osvojil prvenstvo, ko je sin dopolnil tri leta. Nerad govorim o sebi, razen na odru, kjer se lahko sovražim, kolikor želim. Mislim da, če se dovolj dobro sovražim, nikomur drugemu ni treba. Prosim, dovolite mi, da se sovražim, in bom prav simpatičen in dobre volje.”

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“I'm an ordinary guy who happens to be Hungarian. I was born in generation X so both boomers and zoomers freak me out. I graduated in Philosophy, but I've never put it in practice. I'm working now as a copywriter even though I can't tell what one can write instead of 'copy'. I started writing slam poetry when my daughter was born and won the championship when my son turned three. I don't like to talk about myself except on stage, where I can hate myself to the extent I wish. I guess if I hate myself well enough, no one else has to do the same. Please, let me hate myself, and I'm gonna be a lovely cheerful person.”

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Igor Trpčeski se je rodil 11. oktobra 1974 v Prilepu. Zaposlen kot igralec v Narodnem gledališču Vojdan Černodrinski od leta 1998. Diplomiral je na Fakulteti dramskih umetnosti v Skopju v razredu profesorja Vladimirja Milchina in se specializiral za gledališkega režiserja na Nacionalni akademiji za gledališko in filmsko umetnost v Sofiji, NATFIZ 2005 v razredu profesorja Krikorja Azarjana.

Leta 2003 je ustanovil NVO Gledališka delavnica Prilep in od takrat naprej sodeluje kot režiser pri številnih otroških predstavah, prilagojenih za izobraževanje. Za igro "Vojaška zgodba" S.F. – Rami je prejel nagrado Grand Prix na DAF Kocani 2008. Leta 2011 je v Prilepu organiziral prvi slamovski večer v Makedoniji, ki od takrat poteka tradicionalno vsako leto.

Gledališka delavnica Prilep je pripravila številne neodvisne in alternativne gledališke projekte, tiskanje in promocijo knjig, razstave, literarna branja in druge kulturne prireditve, organizirane na ravni mesta kot so: Karneval Procka, Novo leto na trgu, 40. jubilej vrtcev, Mesec zdravega otroka, Poezija Markukule, MTF "Vojdan Černodrinski" in druge.

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Trpcheski Igor was born on 11th October 1974 in Prilep. Employed actor in the National Theatre Vojdan Černodrinski since 1998. He graduated at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Skopje in the class of professor Vladimir Milchin, and specialized as theatre director at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia, NATFIZ 2005 in the class professor Krikor Azarjan.

From 2003 he created the NGO Theatre Workshop Prilep, and works as a director at many children's performances, staged for education. For the play "The Soldier Tale" of S.F. - Rami, he got the Grand Prix award at DAF Kocani 2008. In 2011, he organized The first Poetry Slam Macedonia in Prilep and since then, it is traditionally organized every year.

Theatre Workshop Prilep has produced a number of independent and alternative theater projects, printing and promotions of books, exhibitions, literary readings and other cultural events organized at the level of the city as: Carnival Procka, New Year in the Square, Jubilee 40 years of kindergartens, Month of the Healthy Child, Poetry Markukule, MTF "Vojdan Černodrinski", and others.

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Lucerna do Moco, rojen kot Gabriel Capiñgala v mestu Huambo v Angoli (1994). Pesnik, diplomirani pravnik, tekstopisec in performer. Tu sem, ker so bili moji predniki tovarniški delavci in so mi zgladili dušo z brusnim papirjem besede. Zapustili so mi ta glagol, ki ga spregam v nedoločniku okoliščin, v katerih živim.

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Lucerna do Moco, born Gabriel Capiñgala at Huambo, Angola (1994). Poet, graduated in law, songwriter and performer. I am here because my ancestors were factory workers and they polished my soul with the sandpaper of the word. They left me this verb that I conjugate in the infinitive of my circumstance.

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Alexander Delfinov (rojen 1971 v Moskvi) – pesnik, umetnik performansa in govorjene besede, novinar, civilni aktivist. Sodeloval je pri ustanavljanju interdisciplinarne umetniške in kulturne platforme PANDA (Berlin). Zmagovalec mednarodnega pesniškega slama v Berlinu (2007), mednarodnega pesniškega slama v Jeruzalemu (2016), pesniškega slama v Sankt Peterburgu (2013), izbora najboljših slamovskih pesnikov Rusije v Krasnojarsku (2014), pesniškega slama Rusije (2019). Rusijo je zastopal na mednarodnem pesniškem slamu v Parizu (2016, 2020). Od leta 2009 s pomočjo družbenih omrežij vodi odprti pesniški laboratorij. Je avtor sedmih pesniških knjig. Živi v Nemčiji.

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Alexander Delfinov (born 1971 in Moscow) – poet, performance & spokenword artist, journalist, civil activist. Participated in the foundation of the interdisciplinary art and culture platform PANDA (Berlin). Winner of the international poetry slam in Berlin (2007), international poetry slam in Jerusalem (2016), poetry slam in Sankt-Petersburg (2013), all stars of Russia poetry slam in Krasnoyarsk (2014), poetry slam of Russia (2019). Participant from Russia at the international poetry slam in Paris (2016, 2020). Since 2009 he has conducted an open poetry laboratory using social media. Author of seven poetry books. Lives in Germany.

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“Moje ime je Michal Krakovský. Sem 27-letni slovaški žongler, popotnik, slamovski pesnik, klovn in analogni fotograf. Preživljam se z žongliranjem semaforjem, s slamovsko poezijo se ukvarjam zadnjih 8 let in sem pravkar končal svojo prvo knjigo. Študiral sem igro in že od otroštva me je vleklo k besedilom, kar je povzročilo mojo strast do rep glasbe. Svoj slog najraje opišem kot kombinacijo repa in gledališke predstave. Lahko me kličete tudi Kurba za pozornost. Besedila pišem, da se bolje razumem, in svojo bolečino rad spremenim v nekaj lepega.”

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“My name is Michal Krakovský. I am a 27 year old Slovak juggler, traveller, slam poet, clown and an analogue photographer. I make a living off juggling at traffic lights, I have been doing slam poetry for 8 years and I have just finished my first book. I studied acting and ever since I was a child I gravitated towards texts resulting in my passion towards rap music. I like to describe my style as a combination of rap and theatrical delivery. My middle name is Attention Whore. I write my lyrics to understand myself and I love to transform my pain into something beautiful.”

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Rojena maja 1989 v Celju. Leta 2008 se je vpisala na ljubljansko AGRFT, smer: gledališka in radijska režija, kjer je diplomirala leta 2014, s predstavo Skomine (S. Kane). Njena zadnja režija Vse se je začelo z golažem iz zajčkov (V. Hrvatin) je bila predstavljena tudi na festivalu Borštnikovo srečanje leta 2019.

Že v času študija se je aktivno udejstvovala tudi kot pesnica in performerka. Imela je nekaj koncertov pod imenom Sheisapoet, ustvarja tudi kot vizualna umetnica VJ error, ima dve namišljeni pesniški zbirki in je aktualna državna prvakinja v slam poeziji. Piše besedila in je vokalistka banda Volk za njenimi očmi.

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Born in May 1989 in Celje. In 2008 she enrolled at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Movie and Television in Ljubljana, majoring in Theater and Radio Directing, where she graduated in 2014, with the play Crave (S. Kane). Her latest direction, Everything Began with Bunny Goulash (V. Hrvatin), was presented at the festival Borštnik’s Meeting in 2019.

Since her studies, she was also active as a poet and performer. She has given several concerts under the name Sheisapoet, creates as a visual artist VJ error, has two imaginary poetry collections and is the current Slovene champion in slam poetry (2019). She writes lyrics and is the vocalist of the band Volk za njenimi očmi (Wolf Behind Her Eyes).

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Jovana Ilkić (1996, Pančevo, Srbija) je v resničnem življenju doktorska študentka socialne farmacije, ki deluje v farmacevtski industriji. Po drugi strani pa je v svojem nadrealističnem življenju vedeževalka, slikarka, performativna pesnica in srbska državna prvakinja v slamovski poeziji (2019). Jovana se v svoji umetnosti posveča raziskovanju komunikacije, človeške ranljivosti, človeškim bitjem, ki ne morejo razumeti človeške ranljivosti in o tem učinkovito komunicirati, pa tudi kam vse to vodi, če sploh vodi kam. Raje ima živo umetnost, saj ji služi kot opomnik, da tisto, kar v resnici iščemo, nista beseda ali tehnika, temveč vzpodbuda in gorivo za razcvet.

Leta 2016 je spoznala, da so razsežnosti performativne poezije veliko večje, kot je mislila, kar izjemno vpliva na njeno ustvarjalnost in njen pristop k umetnosti. Končno je razumela, da je poezija veliko več kot zapisana beseda in da obstaja veliko kanalov za samoizražanje, zato je začela slamati. Potem je nastopala in sodelovala pri organizaciji različnih prireditev v Srbiji. Z velikim veseljem je nastopila tudi v Podgorici na umetniškem festivalu v Podgorici (PAF 2017), v Novem Sadu v okviru Demografije spomina (CK13, 2018) in sodelovala na festivalu slovenske poezije (2019), 11. festivalu Krokodil (2019) in Züriškem svetovnem literarnem forumu na pobudo skupine Bern ist überall (2019). Lani je postala državna prvakinja v slamovski poeziji, kar je dalo poseben pečat njenemu dotedanjemu udejstvovanju na underground sceni. Ker je bilo leto 2020 abstraktno in zahtevno, se je večina njenega performativnega dela zdaj preselila na splet, njeno poezijo pa lahko berete na pesniškem blogu hranazagolubove.wordpress.com.

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In her real life, Jovana Ilkić (1996, Pančevo, Serbia) is a PhD student in Social Pharmacy working within the Pharma industry. On the other hand, in her surreal life, she’s a fortune teller, painter, performative poet and Serbian national slam poetry champion for 2019. Jovana dedicated her artwork to exploration of communication, human vulnerability, human beings not being able to comprehend human vulnerability and to communicate about it efficiently, as well as where it all leads to, if leading anywhere. She prefers arts alive, since that serves as a reminder that what we really seek isn’t a word or a technique, but a pet on the spine and fuel to thrive.

In 2016, she realized that dimension of performative poetry is way greater than she thought, which furthermore has a tremendous impact on her creativity and her approach to art. She finally understood that poetry is much more than a written word and that there are many channels for self-expression, so she started ‘slamming’. Afterwards, she performed and took part in organizing various events in Serbia. With great pleasure, she has also performed in Podgorica at the Podgorica Art Festival (PAF 2017), in Novi Sad as part of the Demography of Remembrance (CK13, 2018) and participated in the Slovenian Poetry Festival (2019), the 11th Crocodile Festival (2019) and the Zurich World Literary Forum under the initiative of the Bern ist überall Group (2019). Last year she became a national champion in slam poetry, putting a stamp on her previous involvement in the domestic underground scene. As 2020 was an abstract and challenging year, most of her performative work now has moved online, and her poetry may be read on her poetry blog hranazagolubove.wordpress.com.

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Olza Olzeta (1997) prihaja iz Barcelone. Slamovska prvakinja Santako je postala leta 2019, nato pa si je istega leta prislužila še drugo mesto na 9. državnem prvenstvu Španije. Je ustanoviteljica Poezije proti kapitalizmu in patriarhatu (»Jam Poética y musical contra el capitalismo y el patriarcado«) in koordinatorka LGTBIQ + protirasističnega odprtega mikrofona v Barceloni. Pri nekaterih svojih trenutnih projektih sodeluje z drugimi umetniki: »Ocena vrednosti« (»Estimar és de valentes«), ki meša glasbo in poezijo; »Poezija izginjajoče točke (»Poesía punto de fuga«) in »Soba 18« (»Sala 18«).

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Olza Olzeta (1997) comes from Barcelona. She became Poetry Slam Santako's champion in 2019, after which she earned the second place at Spain's 9th National Championship that same year. She is the founder of "Jam Poética y musical contra el capitalismo y el patriarcado" (Poetry Jam Against Capitalism and the Patriarchy) and the coordinator of the LGTBIQ+ anti-racist open mic at Prole, Barcelona. She collaborates with other artists in some of her current projects: "Estimar és de valentes" (which mixes music and poetry), "Poesía punto de fuga" (a diferent take on poetry) and "Sala 18".

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Živim v Celju in se redno družim s Slovenskimi železnicami. Če druženje izpustim, navadno stojim pred Domžalami v koloni skupaj z drugimi uporabniki prevozi.org, ki takisto šibajo v Ljubljano. Sem namreč deklica za vse na javni TV Slovenija, ko imam priložnost, se oglasim tudi na radiu. Zaposlena sem v uredništvu otroškega in mladinskega programa, večino časa preživim v uredništvu oddaj Infodrom in Osvežilna fronta. Tu in tam napišem še kakšen članek. S približno enako frekvenco tudi kaj leposlovnega.

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I live in Celje and regularly hang out with Slovenian Railways. If I miss out on our social obligations, I usually get stuck in a bumper-to-bumper traffic together with other users of prevozi.org (Slovenian covoiturage or blablacar), who are also trying to hurry to Ljubljana. I'm the jack-of-all-trades at the national television and when I get the chance, I pop up on the radio as well. I'm part of the editorial department for children and youth programmes, and spend most of my time in the editorial rooms of two youth programmes Infodrom and Osvežilna fronta (Refreshing Front). I write an occasional article here and there, and with about the same frequency literary texts as well.

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Mojca Frim, znana improvizatorka in članica improvizacijske skupine Banda ferdamana. Deluje tudi kot mentorica več skupin mladih, ki tekmujejo v ŠILI – Šolski impro ligi: Mali Pok in Rudolfovi Majstri, Bogomilke – impro GCC, v Mali impro šoli – MIŠ pa še Mini pok iz KD Pekre-Limbuš in ekipo z OŠ Gornja Radgona. Slovi tudi kot moderatorka slamovskih večerov Ožuljeni jezik, ki potekajo enkrat mesečno v Mariboru, ter drugih dogodkov, ki zahtevajo prav posebej barvito in živahno razigravanje publike.

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Mojca Frim, well-known improviser and member of the improvisational group Banda ferdamana. She also acts as a mentor to several groups of young people, competing in ŠILA – School Impro League, e.g. Mali Pok (Little Bang) and Rudolfovi majstri (Rudolf's Masters) and two teams in the Little Impro School – MIŠ: Mini Pok (Mini Bang) and a team from Gornja Radgona. She is also known as the host of slam poetry evenings Ožuljeni jezik (Itchy Tongue), which take place once a month in Maribor, and other events that require a particularly colourful and lively cheering up of the audience.

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Juš Milčinski je v kulturi primarno gledališki improvizator in producent, deluje pa tudi kot performer, povezovalec, scenarist, igralec v gledaliških predstavah za otroke in odrasle ter gledališki pedagog. S svojo prvo poklicno ljubeznijo, gledališko improvizacijo, se ukvarja od leta 1999, napjrej v okviru mladinskega improvizacijskega projekta ŠILA, kasneje v Impro ligi, zadnjih sedem let pa je član Improvizacijskega gledališča Ljubljana - IGLU. Poezije ne piše, le kdaj pa kdaj kakšno parodično priredbo znanega dela, jo pa zelo rad bere in posluša. Povezuje resne in neresne prireditve in dogodke na resno neresen način.

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Juš Milčinski is primarily a theatre improviser and producer, but also works as a performer, host, screenwriter, actor in theatre performances for children and adults, and as a theatre pedagogue. His first professional love, theatrical improvisation, struck him in 1999, when he became part of the youth improvisation project ŠILA, then again in the Impro League, and for the last seven years he has been a member of the Improvisation Theater Ljubljana - IGLU. He does not write poetry, but sometimes does parodic adaptations of well-known texts, but he loves to read and listen to poetry. He hosts serious and frivolous events and events in a seriously frivolous way.