When Laibach visited Athens earlier this year, they gave a series of interviews during their stay. This article presents a selection of their most interesting answers on Opus Dei, provocation, Europe, Yugoslavia, war, censorship, Athens, and more. Explore the highlights here.

Laibach, NSK, and IRWIN at the Soundwatch Music Film Festival in Berlin

Igor Zupe’s three films explore the history, methodology, and cultural impact of NSK State, IRWIN, and Laibach. The featured films are “4:33 Laibach Remake,” “From Kapital to Capital,” and “An Apology for Modernity.”

Third Iteration of the Cosmokinetic Theatre Performance NOORDUNG::1995-2045

The cosmokinetic theatre performance NOORDUNG::1995-2045 will return for its third iteration on April 20, 2025, at the Noordung Centre in Vitanje, Slovenia.

Exhibition "Nature and Society" by Matjaž Stopar

NSK State citizen Matjaž Stopar, is showcasing his two-year-long projects at the “Nature and Society” exhibition at the Trbovlje Workers' Home Gallery. The exhibition features a selection of crosses he crafted daily from August 21, 2022, to August 20, 2023, sharing them on Facebook and Instagram. You’ll also find 354 charming photographs of the same motif taken between January 7, 2022, and January 6, 2023, along with a captivating video of these photos.

Laibach, Opus Dei, 2024, Remaster Artwork

Finding the new in Laibach’s Opus Dei

As the legendary album Opus Dei is re-released, Haris Hararis interrogates Alexei Monroe to unearth new elements and ponder how the album may be received in 2024, a very different context from its release.

Exhibition "Entropic State" by Conor McGrady

Entropic State is a collection of artworks from a research trip to Labin and its surrounding areas in Istria in 2021. These works are a response to a landscape shaped by the ever-changing ideological currents, which are reflected in the region's architecture and dilapidated industrial infrastructure.

FIAT - All Money is Ours

New edition featuring reprints of notes and bonds created by NSK State Reserve. The book provides insight into the institution’s history, processes, and principles.

Was ist Kunst, IRWIN?

The Slovenian artist collective IRWIN is celebrating its 40th anniversary with an exhibition titled “Was ist Kunst, IRWIN?”. The exhibition delves into the black humour that is always present in IRWIN’s work, as well as how they use the questions of the State to comment on contemporary issues, such as migration. The exhibition will open on Friday, September 8th, 2023.

A Gathering for Mass Instructions

The Slovene Ethnographic Museum in Ljubljana, Slovenia, held an event titled “Art Is Not A Luxury, But A Necessity” on the longest day of the year, June 21st. During the event, Alexander Nym presented the book he edited titled “Reden An Die Europäische Nation: Weapons of Mass Instruction.”

Presentation of the book Reden and die Europäische Nation: Weapons of Mass Instruction

Join us for a presentation of the book Reden and Die Europäische Nation: Weapons of Mass Instruction, edited by Alexander Nym. The event accompanies the exhibition "Folk Art between Home and the World: the SEM’s and Irwin’s NSK Folk Art Collection".

NSK State Book - Weapons of Mass Instruction

The book Weapons of Mass Instruction offers a unique perspective on the NSK State following the Berlin Citizens’ Congress until its final actions before the pandemic. This bilingual book is available in English and German and gives readers a distinctive perspective on possibly the most enduring and influential art project ever created. Individually stamped and numbered copies are available.

Art in Progress by Matjaž Stopar

The exhibited works of art are in progress. They are finished but not completed. They remain open to new ideas, concepts and contributions. They are already transient by themselves, says their author Mr Matjaž Stopar. As long as they are in his possession, he reserves the right to change, adapt, discard and destroy them per a new concept.

The NSK State Reserve is here again – holding our accounts while we do our reckoning

Series 41 of the NSK State Reserve note features a familiar sight from the news.

Entering the Forbidden Zone

We are very pleased to announce the release of Conor McGrady’s DVD, ‘Entering the Forbidden Zone’ featuring the soundtrack, ‘The Dream of Reason Brings Forth Monsters’ by Nurse With Wound.

Autarcheum - a photographic reflection on a ruined thermo-electric power station

A photographic reflection on the massive ruin of an Italian-built thermo-electric power station and its ambivalent legacy

In Memoriam: Roman Uranjek (1961–2022)

We present an english translation of Tevž Logar tribute to Roman Uranjek

NSK Territory Prishtina

Slovenian art collective IRWIN and Epifani Institute from Prishtina, Kosovo are announcing the ‘NSK Territory Prishtina’, their joint project at the location of On Top Residency. By raising the NSK flag, a small plot of land will be declared an “independent territory".

KonstruktK3 collective Art project

KonstruktK3 started as a collective virtual art project produced by 3 NSK citizens 24 weeks ago and going further in time on Instagram profile. Every week artists decide about a theme/concept for that week and make personal interventions - interpretations on a theme, involving the black cross object, first used in 2016 for the Malewitsch der Woche (Berthold Schymura) project. Art exhibition "24 CROSSing weeks / 24 tednov KRIŽenja" represents digital photo prints as materialization of the collective's interventions in the first 24 weeks of the project.

Publication Folk Art Between Home and the World

Publication Folk Art Between Home and the World: The SEM's Collection of Slovene Folk Art and IRWIN's Collection of NSK Folk Art by Citizens of NSK State, published by the Slovene ethnographic museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Opening Ceremony of the European Capital of Culture "Zeniteum :: 2022"

Zeniteum :: 2022 presents a symphony of music, drama, and dance acrobatics, with over 60 artists on stage, directed by the post-gravity artist Dragan Živadinov

Special limited edition of NSK FOLKART EXCHANGES

This publication captures the essence of two seminal events that brought the NSK State in Time to Burren’s beautiful and remote karst landscape in Ireland. The 2nd NSK State Folk Art Biennale: NSK Folk Art Rising 1916-2016 and the exhibition Crisis Currency at Burren College of Art in May 2018 served as a robust dialogue between the NSK State and this European peripheral zone. This documentation is a testament to the profound impact that art can have on bringing together diverse communities and fostering meaningful connections that transcend geographic boundaries.

Laibach: Athens Revisited — Selections from Four Interviews