Orfeusz w Nigdy (wykład w Muzeum Teatru we Wrocławiu)
Orpheus in Never (Lecture in the Museum of the Theater in Wroclaw)

Summary/Abstract: Art does not exist without myth. It is what gives meaning to an artwork.It is thinking in its own, and art, always impressing something on someone, avoids strict, rational, but also prone to pressure norms path when wereach sacrum; art is the only language to speak about sacrum. The character of Orpheus has inspired artists of different genres for centuries, butit seems to be seen from only one side. The mythical hero does not breaka formal order, but an authentic norm, because he personifies a fact thatnorms do not exhaust human nature, only regulate life of societies. Therebyan “innocent” hero cannot be mythical. I searched for Orpheus’ guilt andEuridice’s counterparts in other myths, or even different mythologies. Oneof them is, then, Lot’s wife. I admit, I was inspired by Wisława Szymborska’s poem about her.

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