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Is the ‘Animal-Event’ Possible? Animal Precariousness and Moral Indeterminacy in Performance
No full textIn this article, George P. Pefanis discusses two major aspects of the ‘event’, as formed and developed in late Derridean philosophy – namely, the ‘possibility of the impossible’ and the ‘experience of perhaps’. These aspects are examined in order to reveal the potential for precariousness and uncertainty engendered by performance art, as in the case of the animal-event. With its increased degree of indeterminacy and its projected singular, here-and-now character, performance art could leave open the way to the ‘other’, the unpredictable, and the unexpected that is the ‘animal-event’, since an animal can never be fully controlled or have its behaviour predicted by the theatre mechanism. Two performances are taken as case studies to demonstrate this: the emblematic I Like America and America Likes Me by Joseph Beuys (René Block Gallery, New York, 1974), and Dragon Heads by Marina Abramović (Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, 1990). It is argued that both cases pose certain moral issues around the presence of animals on the stage. George P. Pefanis is Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre Studies at the National and Kapodistreian University of Athens, and also teaches theatre and cinema history at the Open University of Greece and Cyprus. His publications include Adventures of Representation: Scenes of Theory II, Spectres of Theatre: Scenes of Theory III (both 2013) and Theatre Adherents and Philosophers (Athens, 2016). In 2006, he received the award for best book in the study of theatre for The Kingdom of Eugena (2005).</jats:p
The Silent Animals. Loving and Staging Animals in Jean Baudrillard’s Thought
No full textIn this paper, George P. Pefanis discusses the presence of animals on stage from the perspective of French philosopher Jean Baudrillard. Baudrillard examines animality in relation to reason and the division between humans and non-humans. He presents four broad categories based on their relationship to humans. This article analyses the Baudrillardian concept of ‘somatisation’, which includes both the corporeality and physical vulnerability of animals, as well as certain psychic traits. The article explores the sentimentality projected onto animals and the implied superiority of humans in such sentimentality. Additionally, it enquires how the principles of ‘love for animals’ can be integrated into a performance featuring animals on stage from an ethical and ontological perspective. To support this discussion, the paper examines two examples of performances: ‘Embracing Animal’ by American artist Kathy High and ‘The Other’ by American artist Rachel Rosenthal.In this paper, George P. Pefanis discusses the presence of animals on stage from the perspective of French philosopher Jean Baudrillard. Baudrillard examines animality in relation to reason and the division between humans and non-humans. He presents four broad categories based on their relationship to humans. This article analyses the Baudrillardian concept of ‘somatisation’, which includes both the corporeality and physical vulnerability of animals, as well as certain psychic traits. The article explores the sentimentality projected onto animals and the implied superiority of humans in such sentimentality. Additionally, it enquires how the principles of ‘love for animals’ can be integrated into a performance featuring animals on stage from an ethical and ontological perspective. To support this discussion, the paper examines two examples of performances: ‘Embracing Animal’ by American artist Kathy High and ‘The Other’ by American artist Rachel Rosenthal
Archive, Repertory, Supplement: Thinking Theatre through Intersections
No full textThis article discusses the relationship between drama and performance, using the Derridean concept of `supplement' in theatre, which exceeds polarities and attempts a more dialectic approach. A review of Marvin Carlson's theories of illustration, separation, translation, and fulfilment is a starting point for a comprehensive analysis of the views that encourage the binary drama-performance. This is examined in combination with Diane Taylor's distinction between the `archive', which preserves and bears all the written culture, and the `repertory', which contains the world of performance. The `supplement' holds two meanings: as a supplement, an externaladdition-to, and as a complement, asupplement-of, that comes in to fill a gap. One example is used to present the relationship between archive, repertory, and supplement: Brecht'sThe Downfall of the Egotist Johann Fatzer.Theatre can be thought of in formations ofheteropoieticsequence, through chains of supplements, including the texts, the performances, the rehearsal devices, the publication context, and the director's notebooks. George P. Pefanis is a Professor in the Department of Theatre Studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and also teaches theatre and cinema history at the Open University of Greece and Cyprus. His publications includeAdventures of Representation: Scenes of Theory II,Spectres of Theatre: Scenes of Theory III (both 2013), andTheatre Adherents and Philosophers (2016). In 2006, he received the award for the best book in the study of theatre forThe Kingdom of Eugena (2005)
Letter from George W. P. Hunt to President Calvin Coolidge
No full textLetter from Governor George W. P. Hunt to Calvin Coolidge arguing for more autonomy in Arizona state matters
Letter from George W. P. Hunt to Carl Hayden
No full textLetter from Governor George W. P. Hunt to Carl Hayden expressing his support for legislation that would grant National Park status to the Grand Canyon
Letter from Carl Hayden to George W. P. Hunt
No full textLetter from Carl Hayden to George W. P. Hunt outlining the proposed national park boundaries and the cost of a township if the state of Arizona decided to acquire one on the rim of the Grand Canyon
Plates by George Cruikshank from The works of Henry Fielding: complete in one volume with the memoir of the author
No full textCruikshank's plates from The works of Henry Fielding: complete in one volume with the memoir of the author / by Thomas Roscoe. Illus. by George Cruikshank.1116 p. front., [22] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm
Letter from Carl Hayden to George W. P. Hunt
No full textLetter from Carl Hayden to Governor George W. P. Hunt asking the governor to submit the idea of a national park near the rim of the Grand Canyon to the state legislature during the special session. Hayden mentions the state of Arizona would be charged about 1.25 an acre. W. W. Bass and Bass Camp are also included in the letter
author-bios-SRD-19-0063.R1 – Supplemental material for The Network Structure of Police Misconduct
No full textSupplemental material, author-bios-SRD-19-0063.R1 for The Network Structure of Police Misconduct by George Wood, Daria Roithmayr and Andrew V. Papachristos in Socius</p
The artist and the author : a statement of facts
No full textThe artist and the author : a statement of facts / by the artist, George Cruikshank, proving that the distinguished author, Mr. W. Harrison Ainsworth, is "labouring under a singular delusion" with respect to the origin of "The miser’s daughter," "The Tower of London," etc.16 pages ; 22 cm (8vo). Caption title ; imprint at foot of p. 16. In this pamphlet Cruikshank also claims the authorship of Oliver Twist
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