Anno Domini 2026

Anno Domini 2026
International site specific coproduction Brazil/Croatia
Duration: 50 min
This year’s Anno Domini, entitled “The Golem in Zerostrasse”, is an immersive site-specific
performance developed during a ten-day artistic residency in collaboration with Terror
Barato/Overtone, Dr. Inat Theatre, the Dance Studio of the Istrian National Theatre, and the Soul
Flow Dance Studio, within Pula’s underground World War I shelters.
Anno Domini 2026, set in the historic Zerostrasse tunnels, draws inspiration from the Kabbalistic
legend of the Golem—a clay being brought to life through the inscription of the Divine Name, a
primitive robot created to protect its community, yet ultimately transformed by the consequences of
its own uncontrolled power. It is a cautionary tale that has, for generations, conveyed the message
that raw power, devoid of truth and ethics, inevitably turns to dust.
Returning to the Old Testament meaning of the word golem—a formless being, a human body
without a soul, an unfinished creature—the performance raises an urgent contemporary question:
What form does the Golem take in 2026?
The work explores the magical dimensions of technique and technology, the tension between self-
defence and destructive impulse, divine wrath and messianic longing, art and artificiality, the human
and the posthuman. Unflinchingly, the performance examines the myths, fears, hidden anxieties,
and monstrosities that shape our contemporary world.