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A nézés performativitása
The Performativity of the Gaze

Author(s): Nagy Imola Katalin
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Visual Arts, Cultural Essay
Published by: Játéktér Egyesület
Keywords: Romeo Castellucci;Orpheus and Eurydice;performativity of the gaze;theatre

Summary/Abstract: At 14 kilometres from Bruxelles, a woman lies tied to her bed completely paralyzed. Gazing is the only action she is capable of taking. She will be the protagonist of Castellucci’s opera, Orpheus and Eurydice, via live transmission as well. Imola Nagy discusses in her study the powerful conflict between reality and fiction, capturing the performativity of the gaze through the analysis of such phenomena as medium​ recognition, the mediation process, and the confrontations of the viewer with him- or herself.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 49-54
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Hungarian