Teatr nowej polityczności. Performanse prawne Michała Zadary
Theatre of the new political. Performance of law by Michał Zadara

Author(s): Małgorzata Budzowska
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Sociology of Art, History of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Michał Zadara; performance; theatre
Summary/Abstract: The chapter analyzes the process of emerging and defining the political in Polish theatre of the last years. By discussing the most essential views on this matter, performed by theatre scholars (Paweł Mościcki, Bartosz Frąckowiak, Tomasz Plata) and theorists of critical art (Jacques Rancière, Nicolas Bourriaud, Chantal Mouffe, Alain Badiou), the author tries to review previous observations and to arrange them into a common conceptual grid. In refer to such organized framework the new form of the political in Polish theatre – performances of law by Michał Zadara are investigated: Sprawiedliwość (Justice) (2018) and Odpowiedzialność (Responsibility) (2022). These two case studies provides an original break against to the traditional theatrical frame by inviting scholars and lawyers to the creative process and by redefining Brechtian V-effect in a conspicuous break with fiction in order to expand an efficiency of art: by actual legal activity – preparing real lawsuits, and by creating direct relation with the audience.

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