Contemporary Street Arts in Europe [electronic resource] : Aesthetics and Politics /
Haedicke, S.author.
Street theatre invades a public space, shakes it up and disappears, but the memory of the disruption haunts the site for audiences who experience it. This book looks at how the dynamic interrelationship of performance, participant and place creates a politicized aesthetic of public space that enables the public to rehearse democratic practices.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: aesthetics and politics of street arts interventions -- Looking back: a socio-historical and intellectual context for contemporary street arts in Europe -- Democratic performatives and an aesthetics of public space -- Performing democracy on a grand scale -- Trespassing in urban places -- Subversive imaginaries: performing the other -- Community performance: community performatives -- Postscript: beyond the street.
Street theatre invades a public space, shakes it up and disappears, but the memory of the disruption haunts the site for audiences who experience it. This book looks at how the dynamic interrelationship of performance, participant and place creates a politicized aesthetic of public space that enables the public to rehearse democratic practices.
Theater-History.
Performing arts.
Theater.
Dance.
Aesthetics.
Literature.
Theatre History.
Performing Arts.
Theatre and Performance Studies.
Dance.
Aesthetics.
Literature, general.