Zakłóć i zachowaj – teatralność w sztuce współczesnej
Interrupt and Integrate: Theatricality in Contemporary Art

Summary/Abstract: In this text we argue that theatricality – defined by Josette Féral as an effect of disturbing the order of the quotidian and establishing a relation of distance between the scene and the viewer – becomes an increasingly important concept in the field of visual arts. By analyzing artworks made by three important post­ relational artists – Pipilotti Rist, Pierre Huyghe and Philippe Parreno – we investigate the nature of contemporary theatricality and how it differs from similar strategies employed by artists in 20th century. We claim that these differences are to be understood in the context of the postmedia condition in art and the neoliberal, “circulationist” logic of the market.

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