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- Further on, Nothing: Tadeusz Kantor’s Theatre
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- 2009
- Published by: University of Minnesota Press
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Tadeusz Kantor (1915–1990) was one of the twentieth century’s most innovative visual artists, stage directors, and theoreticians. His theatre productions and manifestos challenged the conventions of creating art in post–World War II culture and expanded the boundaries of Dada, surrealist, Constructivist, and happening theatre forms. Kantor’s most widely known productions—The Dead Class (1975), Wielopole, Wielopole (1980), Let the Artists Die (1985), and Today Is My Birthday (1990)—have had a profound impact on playwrights and artists who continue today to engage with his radical theatre. In Further on, Nothing, Michal Kobialka explores Kantor’s theatre practice from the critical perspective of current debates about representation, memory, and history. He pursues the intriguing proposition that Kantor gave material form to a theatre practice that defined the very mode of postmodern operation and that many of its theoretical notions are still in circulation. According to Kobialka, Kantor’s theatre still offers an answer to reality rather than a portrayal of a utopian alternative. Further on, Nothing includes new translations of Kantor’s work, presented in conversation with Kobialka’s own theoretical analyses, to show us a Kantor who continues to offer—and deliver on—the promise of the avant-garde.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xv-xvi
- My Work—My Journey (1988)
- pp. 1-26
- 1. Topography of Representation
- pp. 27-94
- Cricot 2 Theatre (about 1963)
- pp. 110-115
- Reality of the Lowest Rank (1980)
- pp. 116-122
- The Autonomous Theatre (1956/1963)
- pp. 123-131
- The Litany of the Informel Art (1955)
- pp. 132-135
- The Informel: Terms and Definitions
- pp. 136-140
- The Informel Theatre (1961)
- pp. 141-143
- The Zero Theatre (1963)
- pp. 144-153
- The Emballage (1957–1965)
- pp. 154-159
- The "i" Theatre (about 1969)
- pp. 160-173
- The Impossible Theatre (1969–1973)
- pp. 174-192
- 2. Spatial Historiography: The Dead Class
- pp. 197-225
- A Classroom (1971 or 1972)
- pp. 226-229
- The Theatre of Death (1975)
- pp. 230-239
- 3. Theatre of Similitude
- pp. 277-328
- Theatrical Place (1970s–1980s)
- pp. 329-367
- The Room: Maybe a New Phase (1980)
- pp. 368-370
- "The Last Supper" Sequence of Rehearsals
- pp. 372-383
- Prison (1985)
- pp. 384-385
- Reflection (1985)
- pp. 386-388
- To Save from Oblivion (March 1988)
- pp. 389-393
- The Real "I" (April 1988)
- pp. 394-398
- Illusion and Repetition
- pp. 402-405
- My Meetings with Death (1987)
- pp. 406-410
- Memory (1988)
- pp. 411-414
- 4. Spatial Historiography: Silent Night
- pp. 415-431
- A Short History of My Life
- pp. 432-433
- Silent Night (Cricotage) (1990)
- pp. 434-450
- Silent Night—Partytura (Cricotage) (1990)
- pp. 451-458
- 5. The Space of Khora
- pp. 459-487
- My Room (1990)
- pp. 488-489
- A Painting (1990)
- pp. 490-496
- From the Beginning My Credo Was . . . (1990)
- pp. 497-502
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 515-529
- Writings by Tadeusz Kantor
- pp. 530-533
Additional Information
ISBN
9780816668069
Related ISBN(s)
9780816654819
MARC Record
OCLC
527756110
Pages
496
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No