Settlement as a performative aspect of art and aesthetics (Zbiegniew Warpechowski’s creative attitude) Cover Image

Settlement as a performative aspect of art and aesthetics (Zbiegniew Warpechowski’s creative attitude)
Settlement as a performative aspect of art and aesthetics (Zbiegniew Warpechowski’s creative attitude)

Author(s): Wioletta Kazimierska-Jerzyk
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: performance art; performance studies; performativity; ugliness; aggression

Summary/Abstract: The article deals the problem of settlement in the output of the Polish performer Zbigniew Warpechowski. The term ‘home’ is so broad and common that it could be applied, in some context, to every artist and every kind of art. In Warpechowski’s case, I am not looking for the hidden contexts of homelessness/settlement, rather I ponder over something he expressed openly and on numerous occasions, i.e. the settlement of his art. Warpechowski does not refer to negative meanings of settlement explicitly, but while noticing ambiguous aspects of the settlement in his perspective, I present them as consequences of the creative attitude (aggression and ugliness).

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 249-266
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English