This diploma thesis deals with the analysis of the Laibach group activities, which connects politics and music, as well as art and ideology through their work. It focuses on the music and aesthetics of the Laibach, and its criticism of political power. The diploma thesis presents the politically engaged work of the Laibach and in this way analyzes musical creation as a paradigm of rebellion against power and ideology. Laibach and its ideological provocations first appear at the time of serious economic and political crises in the former Yugoslavia. Later on, Laibach finds its opponent in the West and capitalism, therefore the group’s provocation culminates in 2015 with a North Korea tour. Manipulation of totalitarian symbols, provocative performances and avant-garde art are the main means of resistance, the way of which does not change, regardless of the ruling ideology, political system and time period. The goal of the group members remains the same, namely, to analyze the relationship between culture and politics, which is still the basic starting point. Laibach is not politically ideologically oriented, although at certain moments of its operation it is more difficult to understand, as it uses totalitarian symbols to provoke the political system in power at the time.
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