Naslov
Actor / Spectator between Oppression and Expression

Autori
Blažević, Marin

Izvornik
Časopis za izvedbene umjetnosti Frakcija / Performing Arts Journal Frakcija (1331-0100) 12 (2007), 43 / 44; 108-122

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
actor; spectator; oppression; expression

Sažetak
In their own fashion, the performances Fifth Gospel, directed by Branko Brezovec, and Deleted Messages by performance company BADco. are dealing with the pressing issues such as social and political surveillance, manipulation and repression, human rights violations, terrorism, war crimes, civil liberties, strategies of resistance, the manifestation and span of individual freedom. The essay considers mechanisms and effects of functioning and developing of the representational situation that theatrical performance establishes through the complex relations between the performer/actor and the spectator. In their own way, the two performances place the spectator in the position of the one who is video-recorded or captured by the gaze from the stage and monitored by the actors/performers, literally manipulated and intimidated by their physical acts or imprisoned into a scenery which represents a concentration camp barrack and exposed to the aggression of extreme sounds and images. What is more, one of the performances brings the spectator face to face with the freedom of expression, verbal and physical communication, i.e. with the call for the actual participation, the challenge to perform in the organised environment of aesthetic performance, or else – to submit to repression of theatrical convention.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Znanost o umjetnosti

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