Performance of the identity: in the weave of sociological research and artistic action Cover Image

Performancetożsamości: w splotach badania socjologicznego i działania artystycznego
Performance of the identity: in the weave of sociological research and artistic action

Author(s): Barbara Fatyga
Subject(s): Crowd Psychology: Mass phenomena and political interactions, Sociology of Art
Published by: Ośrodek Badań Filozoficznych
Keywords: experiment; sociological research; collective artistic action; identity; social and cultural capital; TST; flash mob; performance; Night of Culture;

Summary/Abstract: The text describes an experimental form of combining sociological research with collective artistic activity during the 17th Lublin Night of Culture. The study involved collecting TST (twenty statement tests) from festival participants. The "bridge" element between research and artistic activity was the choice of a framework identity or a counterpoint to the test – in the form of an aphorism. The artistic activity took the form of a flash mob using symbols identifying participants with selected aphorisms, and then proposing new identifications. The last one broke all the previous ones, creating an ephemeral community.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 139-159
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish