Palavras-chave
Performance; Arte; Política
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Abstract
This study addresses artistic practice as an insurgent action and social reflection, drawing on a theoretical dialogue between Relational Aesthetics (Bourriaud, 2009) and the Sharing of the Sensible (Rancière, 2018), intertwined with stage pedagogy (Leal, 2019). This framework allows us to analyze performance as a relational device that promotes social experimentation via human interactions, and to understand its political impact in the reconfiguration of sensory and social distribution. The performance "La bête" (2017) by Brazilian artist Wagner Schwartz is used to examine how these relational bonds and this disorganization of the established order occur. The work, a reinterpretation of Lygia Clark's series "Bichos," placing the artist's nude body at the audience's disposal, generated an intense reaction of hatred and violence. Thus, the performance analysis, in addition to suggesting paths for the political awareness intrinsic to artistic creation, offers a testimony of the artist victimized by authoritarianism and an ingenious mechanism of censorship, revealing the struggle for the freedom of expression of art in regimes that threaten democracy.
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LEAL, Dodi. A liminaridade das práticas pedagógicas da cena: dispositivos visuais da arte da performance e a defesa da educação democrática. Sala Preta, 19(2), 179-196. 2019. Disponível em: https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238- 3867.v19i2p179-196. Acesso em 06/02/2025.
RANCIÈRE, Jacques. A partilha do sensível: estética e política. Tradução de Mônica Costa Netto. 2. ed. São Paulo: Editora 34, 2009.
SCHWARTZ, Wagner. A nudez da cópia imperfeita. 1. ed. São Paulo: Nós, 2023.