It's an interesting walk through different ways of interpreting knowledge and ignorance , and roles that 'distance' can play in our understanding. All this with theatre as the framework that he uses to argue his points.
Take this nugget that is the call out on the last page of the article:
Theater should question its privileging of living presence and bring the stage back to a level of equality with the telling of a story or the writing and the reading of a book. It should call for spectators who are active interpreters, who render their own translation, who appropriate the story for themselves and who ultimately make their own story out of it. An emancipated community is in fact a community of storytellers and translators.
Looking forward to the discussion tomorrow. All sorts of thoughts bubbling through my head.
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Hey! I keep commenting on your page and for some reason they aren't showing up!? Are you getting them emailed to you first?
I read this text today (I don't have Amanda but Sally recommended it to me) and have to say I loved it. It is a really stimulating text and really got me thinking about the role of theatre, but also the role of a theatre spectator.
Surprisingly, I really enjoyed it with such a postmodern attitude towards the viewer. It really sums up many of my attitudes towards the role a spectator should play in adding meaning of their own to a piece of work. I think that once this is done it completes the work and not before!
Looking forward to hearing what you get out of your reading group - will chat to you afterwards!
xxx
Hi Laura,
I was wondering where that other comment was too. And then I noticed that I have comments set to be moderated before posting. So I need to *approve* them before they appear in the blog. Just a precaution against random spammers.
I'm not surprised that you like the attitude towards the viewer because his argument is about acknowledging the inherent intelligence and knowledge that they bring to the viewing. They're not just a bunch of mindless bodies waiting to be filled with your wisdom.
Perhaps we can have a vino tomorrow evening and discuss this (and maybe your presentation too?) since I will be heading to Glasgow Friday AM.
I too agree it's an excellent piece and I'm happy to see that the role of spectator to inform can be brought into the wider context of the MA--it is much needed--especially in Fine Art. It may be an idea that we meet as a group and discuss the essay.
Doug
I would love to meet as a group to discuss in relation to our practice/research.
The discussion today was mainly about how to navigate/pick apart a theoretical piece like this. I was able to understand some of the ways that I read that prevent me from getting a real depth of understanding from them.
hello
sorry for delay- been nunnery obsessed...
this article looks worth reading, have asked around and finding it hard getting a copy-anyone? its interesting that the reading groups are about writing an article than the content- we should also meet to talk about the content especially of this one (and not the 'voilence of architecture,' which i had i might add)
having spent a self-indulgent fine art BA never really considering the audience, (apart form whether my stack of tins for my degree show were sited in a hazardous place (!) am here to explore the audience potential and ideas about them being for example, as augusto boal said a spect-actor
harryx
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