Sonic Antagonism: The Sounding Audience of Performance

Sonic Antagonism: The Sounding Audience of Performance

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Focusing on two examples, the performance Revolt Against Violence (2012) by the Kosovo artist Fitore Berisha and the theatre work Our Violence Handbag and Your Violence (2016) by the Croatian artist Oliver Frljic, this article examines the sonic environment in which the works were realized.In both cases, right-wing protesters tried to stop events by starting to sing Laces patriotic songs, which led to an auditory response from the audience.Cross connecting performance and sound studies, I am arguing that the figure of sonic antagonism can be applied to explore the ideological rifts in the post-Yugoslav region (Croatia and Serbia), where these works were shown.