„Już nie słuchamy was jako sędziowie,tylko jako uczniowie”. Partycypacja i dziedzictwo Lehrstück
“We no longer listen to you as judges, but as students”: Participation and the Legacy of the Lehrstück

Summary/Abstract: Mateusz Borowski examines relationships and interaction between viewers and artists, taking a very diverse array of performative activities (the work of Marina Abramović, British documentary theater, the performative lectures of Rabih Mroué, the projects of the Rimini Protokoll collective). Borowski recalls the theories of Jacques Rancière, Claire Bishop, and Markus Miessen, taking a critical stance toward the “myth of participation,” perceived as a means to generate social change and to force the viewer to participate in the play. Borowski's point of reference for analyzing the various models of participation in contemporary art is Bertolt Brecht's Lehrstück, whose aim was to create a stage situation where the participants would be able to learn from each other.

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