Laibach

LAIBACHhas never believed in originality. Since its founding in the 1980s in Slovenia, the group has used pastiche, satire, and appropriation to address the bombast and contradictions of society. They present themselves as a uniformed, anonymous collective, and their multidisciplinary practice encompasses music, performance, visual art, installation, and manifestos—ranging from unconventional interpretations of Western pop hits to performances in North Korea, to a live symphonic adaptation of Vladimir Bartol’s novel *Alamut* and theater soundtracks (*Thus Spoke Zarathustra*, *We Are the People*). For over four decades, Laibach has not only questioned notions of individual artistic genius but has actively dismantled them.