After a funeral, we often try to move on quickly. Our world is about life, not death. For most of us, there’s no clear before and after – until it happens. Then we leave our loved ones to others. But it wasn’t always like this.

This soundwalk invites you to face what usually should not – or cannot – be said or that which is left unsaid, but is felt quietly.

Why is there a wall between the dead and the living?

The Wall Between the Dead and the Living starts and ends in front of the Holy Cross Parish Church at Žale. We will walk together.

Nikola Drole is a Master’s student in Speech Forms at UL AGRFT. He holds a degree in Media and Communication Studies from the UL FDV. Nikola works primarily in the performing arts as an actor and facilitator. He has collaborated with Bunker Institute production organisation at the Old Power Station and with the ensemble of the SNT Drama Ljubljana.

Lina Eržen is a Master’s student in Screenwriting at UL AGRFT and the author of the internationally award-winning short film Day Passes, Morning Begins. She received the Grossmann Award for Best Original Screenplay for the short fiction film A Choice.

Tadej Grum holds a degree in Journalism and is currently pursuing a Master’s in the same field, while also completing differential exams for the Radio Directing programme at UL AGRFT. He completed an internship at Val 202 and is involved in UL AGRFT projects.

Zala Kramperšek is a journalist and a Master’s student of Speech Forms at UL AGRFT. She has worked with Mladina magazine, Koridor+ portal and Radio Študent. She has appeared as a presenter at various events, co-created storytelling performances and recorded several audiobooks. She was also a selector of children’s theatre performances for the JSKD festival.

Maša Milčinski holds a degree in Slovenian Studies and Comparative Literature and is currently studying Speech Forms at UL AGRFT. She has worked as a speech and pronunciation editor for MMC RTV Slovenia and as a language editor for Radio Slovenia and Celje City Theatre. She currently collaborates with Loški Oder, a performing arts theatre in Škofja Loka.

Ajda Pirtovšek is a stage actor and performer, a graduate of UL AGRFT. She has appeared in numerous short films and theatre productions and is a regular collaborator with the Mladi Levi Festival at the Old Power Station as well as Beletrina’s Fabula Festival. She wrote the play Self-Portrait of an Invisible House or How the Doorbell Rang When I Was Not Home.

KOLOFON

Creative team: Nikola Drole, Lina Eržen, Tadej Grum, Zala Kramperšek, Maša Milčinski, Ajda Pirtovšek
Music: Jasmin Avdić, Teja Gorenc
Sound design: Urban Gruden
Mentors: Saška Rakef, Tomaž Gubenšek
Proofreading: Mateja Juričan
Photo: Tina Urbajs.

Production: UL AGRFT, partner Cona 2024/2025.

The soundwalk The Wall Between the Dead and the Living is part of the Death – Life project, funded by the University of Ljubljana Fund for the Arts. It is co-produced by the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film, University of Ljubljana, and Television and Cona institute.