THE PERFORMANCE OF THE REAL
is a multidisciplinary project that investigates why representations and performances of the real are particularly compelling. At its core is the study of how performance and performativity, in its many cultural, aesthetic and social forms and discourses represents, critiques, enacts/re-enacts and constructs/reconstructs the real.
This project includes the investigation of the impulses, desires and/or social and political impetuses behind the drive to represent the real. The team of researchers will offer the first project of its kind by comprehending the ethical, relational, political, social or formal issues involved in representing the real.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
What is it about performances, representations and discourses of the real that appear so compelling?
How does performance represent, critique, re-enact or reconstruct the real?
What are the impulses, desires and/or social and political impetuses behind the drive to represent the real?
What are the ethical, relational, political, social or formal issues involved in representing the real?
