Author of the Druga godba 2026 visual identity: Kaja Kisilak (Monoform)
Druga Godba 2026 visual identity is conceived as a reflection on the contemporary musical environment and the questions it raises. It stems from an exploration of how music is created, distributed, and experienced today, as well as from a consideration of the artist’s position within these processes. Particular emphasis is placed on the logics of digital platforms and streaming services, which significantly shape today’s musical landscape.
The visual language engages with a sense of uncertainty and transition that characterises the present moment, encouraging reflection on the future of the concert experience, creative labour, and authorship in the context of technological change, including the development of artificial intelligence. Rather than offering predictions or warnings, the visual identity articulates questions that are already present within the contemporary cultural sphere.
An important element of this year’s visual identity is the recontextualisation of music within the broader life cycle. This time, the focus is placed on its closing phase — moments of farewell, remembrance, and reflection, in which music has played a vital role across cultures and historical periods. The visual identity thus opens up space to consider music as a companion to life transitions and collective rituals.
The visual identity was developed in collaboration with Kaja Kisilak, whose design process emerged from conversations about shifting understandings of artistic labour and the status of the artist. The project draws connections to historical notions of artistic autonomy and places them in dialogue with the contemporary production and economic conditions of the music industry. The result is a visual statement that does not offer conclusions, but instead invites interpretation and reflection on the conditions under which music is created today.