Jan Rozman: WETWARE - performance 12.6.2026.
As part of the San Vincenti Dances programme, Slovenian artist Jan Rozman comes to the Mediterranean Dance Center with WETWARE, a performance that combines stand-up, choreography, and contemporary theory to question the autonomy of the body within surveillance capitalism.
June 12 at 20:00
Mediterranean Dance Center, Svetvinčenat
ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE
In a stage show that combines stand-up, Elon Musk and the psychopolitics of Byung-Chul Han, Jan Rozman, like many other men in crisis, embarks on a journey of self-discovery. In his latest work, Rozman asks himself the question: What is it in me that never makes me feel enough? Will he manage to stop the buzzing he feels in his own body in time, or will the next time he switches on the screen, the unstoppable plunge into the black hole of thinking about the impossibility of bodily autonomy begin again?
Through a choreographic intervention in a stand-up format, WETWARE questions the autonomy of bodies within surveillance capitalism.
The surveillance devices we have voluntarily opted for, our smart devices, track our every move, voice, glance and touch. The algorithms that power them have become better at fulfilling our supposed desires than we are. But at the same time, they also fulfil our greatest fears. Technology is a total institution that we carry within us. Psychopolitical reward and control systems are reflected in somatic processes, tissues, organs, the body and not least in the performer’s body itself.
In WETWARE, which describes a biological computer based on outdated terms for hardware and software, Rozman puts the relationship between “can” and “must” up for discussion. A loop that leads us to ever more, ever better. He uses humour as one of the most important means of exposing new totalitarianisms and imagines the body as a billion smart devices. These must work together in harmony in order to function effectively. But under the constant electrochemical flow of consumer desires, this body may be less free and in more trouble than it seems at first glance.
CAST & CREDITS
Choreography and performance: Jan Rozman
Text: Metod Zupan, Jan Rozman
Dramaturgy: Jaka Smerkolj Simoneti
Video & Laser: Miha Možina
Costume design: Andrej Vrhovnik
Set design: Dan Pikalo
Lighting design: Aljaž Zaletel
Music: Veronika Černe
Graphic design: Gregor Kocjančič
Executive production: Luka T. Zagoričnik
Production: EMANAT
Co-production: Cankarjev dom, PAN-ADRIA
WETWARE is the selected production of the PAN-ADRIA Network for the 2025/26 season. The Mediterranean Dance Center is one of the network partners, alongside contemporary dance organisations and venues from Slovenia, Croatia, and Italy.
Supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and the City of Ljubljana.