Antonin Artaud and the Grotesque

Resumo

Grotesque performatives (or ways of performing grotesquely) have not been the object of close study in neither general studies of the grotesque nor in Performance Studies. My doctoral study (in progress) centres around an inquiry into practice of gestural and vocal hybridity and excess in embodied performance. Non-compatible hybridity – where two or more things sit together unfit and in contrast – contributes to the grotesque, as does excess. In this article, I test the presence and extent of hybridity and excess as constitutive qualities of the grotesque in Artaud’s own embodied performance, in his theorizing, and in the theatricality of some of his scenarios and realized works. For Artaud the grotesque is an aesthetic corollary rather than a systematic method.

Biografia do Autor

James Oliver Daly
James Oliver Daly is a professional actor, teacher, and doctoral candidate (completing at Monash University, Australia, in 2020).  His topic is Performing the Grotesque through Hybridity and Excess: an Investigation Sited in the Katyń Massacre.  He holds a Trained Primary Teachers Certificate, a Bachelor of Arts,  a Master of Educational Administration and a  Master in Applied Linguistics.   He teaches at Latrobe University. Body of work: www.bgmagency.com.au/uploaded/cv/DALY%20Jim.pdf and https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0197852 . E-mail: jimodaly@gmail.com .

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2019-12-24
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DALY, J. O. Antonin Artaud and the Grotesque. Ephemera - Revista do Programa de Pós Graduação em Artes Cênicas da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, v. 2, n. 3, p. 55-72, 24 dez. 2019.
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