Publications

Maska – Performing Arts Journal

Editor: Amelia Kraigher
Publisher: Maska, Institute for Publishing, Production and Education, Ljubljana
ISSN: 1318-0509
Years: 2013 – Ongoing

Maska is Europe’s oldest professional journal in this field (published with interruptions since 1920). It fosters high-level critical discourse in the field of performing arts and provides a platform for reflections, confrontations and discussions on contemporary art as well as its local and global contexts.

Four double issues of Maska dedicated to specific topics are published every year. In addition to contributions on the dedicated topics, the journal also includes interviews with artists and theoreticians, reviews of performances and books, in-depth contributions on topical phenomena in contemporary performing arts, research findings, etc.

These publications are available at ERSTE Foundation Library.

Florian Bauer

Director Social Finance, Sustainability and Innovation
Since 2023, Florian Bauer has been responsible for social finance, sustainability and social innovation at ERSTE Foundation. Prior to this role, Florian worked in the NGO & Social Entrepreneurship sector for more than 13 years. He led the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), an international multilateral NGO that works to accelerate market-based deployment of renewable energy and energy efficient systems in developing countries, and was Managing Director & COO of the Impact Hub Vienna. From 2020-2023, Florian established strategic alliances with key partners and helped to create innovative semantic technology solutions at Semantic Web Company (SWC), a leading IT company in semantic AI solutions.