Evidenca, nadzor in telo / Opera za 14 metuljev

Požlep, Lana (author), Stupica, Matej (mentor), Rauch, Peter (comentor)

Magistrsko delo obravnava razmerje med identifikacijo, birokracijo, nadzorom in različnimi oblikami institucionalne konstrukcije subjekta. Teoretični del izhaja iz razvoja sistemov identifikacije v moderni državi ter analizira vlogo fotografije, administrativnih evidenc in statistike pri vzpostavljanju posameznika kot upravljivega subjekta. Na podlagi konceptov Michela Foucaulta, Gillesa Deleuza, Kevina D. Haggertyja, Richarda V. Ericsona in Borisa Groysa delo razvije pojem administrativnega telesa kot institucionalne oblike obstoja posameznika. Posebna pozornost je namenjena prehodu od disciplinarne družbe k družbi nadzora, pojavu podatkovnega dvojnika ter razmerju med biopolitiko in oskrbjo. Praktični del z naslovom Opera za 14 metuljev raziskuje možnosti prenosa administrativnih mehanizmov na nečloveške vrste. Izhodišče zanj je raziskava štirinajstih lokalno izumrlih populacij štirih vrst metuljev na območju Ljubljanskega barja. Na podlagi terenskih podatkov, strokovne literature in posvetovanj s strokovnjaki je bila vsaki populaciji dodeljena fiktivna administrativna identiteta v obliki obrazca za odjavo začasnega prebivališča. Izguba habitata je bila pri tem razumljena kot oblika izselitve, administrativni postopek pa kot način simbolnega izbrisa iz registra prebivalcev. Zbrane podatke sem prevedla v zvočno strukturo eksperimentalne opere. Libreto, sonifikacija podatkov, zborovsko petje, naracija in prostorska postavitev se povezujejo v zvočno instalacijo, ki prevzema estetske in organizacijske principe upravne enote. Administrativni dokument postane partitura, birokratski postopek pa operna dramaturgija. Projekt v ospredje postavlja vprašanja pripadnosti, izgube doma, izginjanja habitatov in razmerja med institucionalnimi sistemi ter oblikami oskrbe človeka in okolja.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: vizualne komunikacije fotografija eksperimentalna opera administrativno telo birokracija oskrba biopolitika nadzor sonifikacija instalacija magistrska naloga
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Organization: ALUO - Academy of Fine Arts and Design
• Year: 2026
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-187921
• Publication date in RUL: 16.09.2026

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Documentation, Surveillance, and the Body / Opera for 14 Butterflies

Abstract

This master’s thesis examines the relationship between identification, bureaucracy, surveillance, and various forms of the institutional construction of the subject. The theoretical section traces the development of identification systems within the modern state and analyses the role of photography, administrative records, and statistics in the construction of the individual as a governable subject. Drawing on the concepts of Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, Kevin D. Haggerty, Richard V. Ericson, and Boris Groys, the thesis develops the concept of the administrative body as an institutional form of individual existence. Particular attention is given to the transition from disciplinary society to the society of control, the emergence of the data double, and the relationship between biopolitics and care. The practical project, entitled Opera for 14 Butterflies, explores the possibility of extending administrative mechanisms to non-human species. The project is based on research into fourteen locally extinct populations of four butterfly species in the Ljubljana Marshes. Drawing on field research, scientific literature, and consultations with experts, each population was assigned a fictitious administrative identity in the form of a temporary residence deregistration form. Habitat loss was thereby understood as a form of displacement, while the administrative procedure functioned as a symbolic act of removal from the population register. The collected data were translated into the sonic structure of an experimental opera. The libretto, data sonification, choral singing, narration, and spatial installation are brought together in a sound installation that adopts the aesthetic and organisational principles of a government administrative office. The administrative document becomes a musical score, while the bureaucratic procedure becomes operatic dramaturgy. Central to the project are questions of belonging, loss of home, habitat disappearance, and the relationship between institutional systems and forms of care for both humans and the environment.

• Keywords: visual communication photography experimental opera administrative body bureaucracy care biopolitics surveillance sonification installation master’s thesis