Gledalčeva spoznavna nadomestitev odsotnega performerjevega fenomenalnega telesa
The spectator's cognitive substitution of the absent performer's phenomenal body

english
slovenian

2016

volume 4, issue 1

Slovenski gledališki inštitut (SLOGI)
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

This paper provides an interpretation of the play Feng Shui in the Theatre without an Actor (Feng šus v gledališču brez igralca). The play's distinct characteristic is the absence of the performer's phenomenal body. The author thematises, using Erika Fischer-Lichte's typology of the performing bodies, a unique relationship between the present semiotic and the absent phenomenal body of the performer on the one hand and the present phenomenal and semiotic body of the spectator on the other hand. In addition, he also uses elements of Eviatar Zerubavel's cognitive sociology (meaning as a social relation between signifier and signified) and Tim Dant's theory of material culture (the significance of an artwork as the mediating object in the communication process). The author describes and explains how during the play, the spectator cognitively makes a substitution of the absent performer's phenomenal body using her own phenomenal body, which gives new connotations to Edward Gordon Craig's visionary statement about the theatre without the use of a written play or actors.

15.11.2017