IDENTITY AND REPRESENTIONS

Authors

  • Kent Sjöström Lund University / Malmö Theatre Academy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/2236-3254.61503

Keywords:

Contemporary theater. Video. Body. New technologies.

Abstract

Technology can both support and destroy the idea of here and now when it comes to time and space in the performance. When we use technology as a mean to present a scenic material we create a tension between different types of representation. It can produce creative gap, but also painful disruptions. The actor’s privileged position to represent the world is also challenged in this approach. If the dramatic text and the body have had a crucial position in the theatre in the last two centuries, we now see how room and space is at stake. Who owns and defines the performative space as it is now moving outside the theatre building, into cyberspace as well as into the street? The seminar reflects on different viewpoints on the actor’s methodological discussion on the function of a character, extending to a theoretical discussion about identity and representation.

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Author Biography

Kent Sjöström, Lund University / Malmö Theatre Academy

Kent Sjöström é professor associado na Malmö Theatre Academy da Lund University, Suécia. Começou seu trabalho como ator em  grupos suecos experimentais de teatro e de vanguarda. Possui bacharelado em Filosofia, Literatura e Estudos Dramáticos na Universidade de Lund, onde leciona desde 1984. Durante os últimos 25 anos, trabalha como professor convidado em academias de teatro da Suécia, Reykjavik (Iceland), Helsinki (Finlandia), Oslo (Noruega), além de workshops em festivais pela Europa. Atualmente seu trabalho é voltado ao trabalho do ator e a ação física e a pesquisas de práticas artísticas. No momento está escrevendo uma coleção de ensaios sobre “performing and emboding ideologies”. Desde 2013, é membro do comitê para pesquisa e desenvolvimento da academia dinamarquesa National School of Performing Arts, em Copenhagem, na Dinamarca.

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Published

2016-01-09

How to Cite

Sjöström, K. (2016). IDENTITY AND REPRESENTIONS. Revista Cena, (18). https://doi.org/10.22456/2236-3254.61503

Issue

No. 18 (2015)

Section

Conexões

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