The Tale of Šimen Sirotnik

Cankar's hero, Šimen Sirotnik, is a labourer who has worked all his life for the good of others and at the end of his life, exhausted and written off, embarks on his last journey across the country through the landscapes of systemic ignorance. On the day he is released, he reacts with resignation - in contrast to his more politically aware literary ‘brother’, The Servant Jernej. Although Šimen does not strive for his own justice, he remains stuck in the wheel of bureaucracy in search of one last bed.

Šimen Sirotnik will be resurrected in the Kulturnica, which will become a repository for forgotten lives given flesh through the language of object theatre, recalling discarded and useless objects from the dustbin of history.