Neodvisni

Established in 2019, Neodvisni (in English: the Independent) is an outlet reporting and informing the public on contemporary performing arts, particularly in independent productions. It primarily publishes critical reviews.

The contemporary performing arts that it covers encompass a wide range of performative artistic practices (theatre, dance, intermedia) and other areas of artistic creation (music, visual, experimental).

This aspect of contemporary performing arts production is often outside the state institutional network, and is produced by NGOs as opposed to state and municipal institutions. It is therefore subjected to more unstable economic conditions and, as a result, is covered less systematically by the media.

Apart from reviews, Neodvisni publishes information about upcoming events and, to a lesser degree, interviews and
long-form articles on theory and theatre.

As stated on its website, the outlet's mission is "to introduce young authors in the field of reflection, documenting and archiving contemporary production".

Neodvisni commissions a wide variety of freelance writers. Each contribution is subjected to an editorial process, and the authors have a short biography on the platform. One of the goals of Neodvisni is to establish a database of authors in Slovenia who write about contemporary performing arts.

The outlet's audience is the general public interested in culture and arts, while the more in-depth approach to the topic makes the publication an essential source of information for researchers, students, and artists.

Neodvisni is financed through grants from the Slovenian ministry of culture, and collaborations with other NGOs and media in the form of training or consultancy work.