Historia na (wspólnotowej) scenie – namysły i praktyki
History On (Communal) Stage – Reflections and Practices

Author(s): Łucja Iwanczewska
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: history; establishing community; artistic and critical strategies; theatre; visual arts;
Summary/Abstract: The article constitutes a reflection over the roles and functions of history in the space of contemporary art and theatre. The author asks which strategies and artistic and political practices are involved in constituting history as knowledge and as material for staging (theatrical, social). On the example of the theatrical works of the duo Janiczak-Rubin, and in particular the spectacle Żony stanu, dziwki rewolucji, a może i uczone białogłowy [Stateswomen, Sluts of Revolution, or the Learned Ladies], the author analyses the mechanisms of community building among the audience through the history working on stage.Analyzing the artistic historical montages, found footage films and strategies of writing on theatre and theatrical spectacles, the author describes the models of assembling and deconstructing history in modern discourses and artistic practices. She reflects upon the issue of engaging the audience into public space, the participative role of art and theatre and the alliance of the public life with the theatrical medium. The article also considers the roles and functions of theatre in manipulating national and communal identity, its negotiative power over identity politics.

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