6. Mai - 10. Juni, 2006
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eröffnung/opening:
5. Mai, 2006 | 19-23:00 6. Mai - 10. Juni, 2006 |
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Sparwasser HQ | Torstrasse 161 | 10115 | Berlin | Mi-Fr 16-19, Sa 14-18 | Curator: Pia Fuchs (dt. ID v. Patricia Reed) |
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Christel Weiler + Barbara Gronau |
On the Consequences of a Performative turn for Theatre Studies May 16, 2006 | 20:00 | Discussion will be held in German As a theatre researcher, one is confronted, more than in other "scientific" fields, with a set of rather elusive questions which embody the difficulties posed by our discipline in our investigations and theoretical reflections. Theatre is forever taking place in the moment of its performance; although it leaves residues, these can only serve to covertly describe its complex totality, and how it took place as an event. Through artifacts such as photos, costumes and video, only a partial and per-spectival position can be forged, reducing the intangible experience of the performance to fragments - mediating the actual instantiation into a virtual memory. How can we negotiate this "dilemma"? Is it a "dilemma" at all, or rather a chance for theatre studies to cope with its inherent modes, and seek to revise reductionist strategies of analysis. In the discussion, we will thus concern ourselves with the implications of this 'Performative' turn in theatre research, as well as extending it to the 'Performative' dimensions of space and on Interferences of Installation Art and Theatre. Dr. Christel Weiler is a scholar at Institut for theatre science of the Freie Universität Berlin since 1996, with focus on research and teaching in: Theory, aesthetics and analysis of contemporary theatre, theoretical and practical investigations for the work of the actor, in cooperation within the research platform "Cultures of the Performative" (working group "Aesthetics of the Performative"). Recent publications on Contemporary Theatre include: „Theater als öffentlicher Raum. Die Berliner Ermittlung von Jochen Gerz und Esther Shalev-Gerz“, Berlin 2005, „Etwas ist dran. Vorurteile zum Lehrstück“ in: Erika Fischer-Lichte, Clemens Risi, Jens Roselt, (Hg.) Kunst der Aufführung – Aufführung der Kunst, Berlin 2004, „Glaubensfragen – postdramatisch“, in: Patrick Primavesi, Olaf A. Schmid, (Hg.) AufBrüche. Theaterarbeit zwischen Text und Situation, Berlin 2004 Barbara Gronau is a scholar at the Theatre Department of the Freie Universität Berlin, where she is doing research on the Performativity of contemporary theatre and visual arts. www.sfb-performativ.de |
