Übercountry
Übercountry
A folk-pop punk comedy inspired by the music of the Avsenik Brothers
Übercountry is the world premiere of a new Slovenian comedy conceived by the directing-dramaturgical duo Nina and Milan Ramšak Marković, drawing on the music of the Avsenik Brothers as the sonic backdrop of several generations. The title alludes to the name “Oberkrainer,” under which the Avseniks left a decisive mark on the European musical landscape, while at the same time designating an imaginary meeting point between the mythology of Slovenian folk-pop culture and contemporary social reality. Through the story of a group of young people from the social margins, the production creates a space in which the rural and the urban, humour and melancholy, intersect, while folk-pop music becomes the point of departure for a reflection on identity and social (in)visibility. Without irony or condescension, the authors place at the centre a generation searching for a place of its own between tradition and the present.
The project emerges from the paradox between the immense popularity of the Avsenik Brothers’ music and its near-total absence from, or stereotyping within, theatre and film, where it is often framed through mockery or ideological distance. Following in the tradition of 1990s British cinema and the Yugoslav Black Wave, Übercountry explores the poetics of everyday life, as well as the humour, vulnerability, and complexity of worlds at the margins. Through comic situations and musical material ranging from the Avseniks to contemporary adaptations, Nina Ramšak Marković and Milan Ramšak Marković construct a layered narrative in which music functions both as the engine of the story and as the carrier of emotional states, from euphoria to repressed trauma.
Fran Žižek Hall
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