Magda Szpecht’s Ecological (Post)Apocalypses
Zuzanna Berendt
zuzannaberendt@gmail.comJagiellonian University (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9708-2385
Abstract
The article has two main aims: 1) to present and analyse the representation of time and the experience of time in the performances Wracać wciąż do domu (Always Coming Home) and Solastalgia: Terrapia, directed by Magda Szpecht; 2) to demonstrate a proposed way of thinking about dramaturgy using ecological thought as a tool for investigating relations (especially temporal relations) in performative works. Szpecht’s performances are discussed in the context of reflections on time in the Anthropocene and its influence on cultural texts. The performances are analysed in terms of their temporal, acoustic, visual, and performative dramaturgy.
Keywords:
dramaturgy, Magda Szpecht, Anthropocene, performing arts, ecologyReferences
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Zuzanna Berendtzuzannaberendt@gmail.com
Jagiellonian University Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9708-2385
Zuzanna Berendt - is a researcher of the performing arts, independent curator, theatre critic and editor of the Dialog monthly. She is the author of a doctoral thesis on the presence of ecological thought in contemporary theatre and choreography. She received the Theatre Institute award for the best master's thesis and the main prize in the Andrzej Żurowski competition for theatre reviews for young critics. She cooperates with Dwutygodnik and Didaskalia.
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