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Lola Arias: To Remain in Fiction in Order to Transcend It

Author(s): Paweł Sztarbowski
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: Instytut im. Jerzego Grotowskiego
Keywords: Lola Arias; Argentina; social theatre; memory performance; overlapping realities; speculative fabulation

Summary/Abstract: In this article, the author describes the work of the Argentinian artist, Lola Arias, from the perspective of her interest in individual and collective memory. The frame for this research is the notion of „time machine” compared with Maria Janion’s notion of „archive of existence”. The author situates the work and biography of Lola Arias the director, filmmaker and visual artist within the „archeontology in action”. Also, he describes Arias’ strategy of overlapping reality and fiction to project the new vision of the future. Her performances are juxtaposed with Donna Haraway’s notion of „speculative fabulation” according to whichsmall, individual stories help us to understand complex reality and new modes of perception.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 161
  • Page Range: 7-35
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Polish
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