Urban perceptions: scenic performances and aesthetic experience in public space

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8034.2022.e85965

Keywords:

Performing arts, Aesthetic experience, Festival, Public space, City

Abstract

This article addresses scenic performances in public space and analyses how they are able to transform cities and their inhabitants. Although it derives from an ethnographic research carried out in the context of circus festivals, it is more a reflection anchored in an interdisciplinary matrix than an empirical contribution based on fieldwork. The purpose is to demonstrate how performances inscribes in the public space transforming both cities and the inhabitants’ perceptions about them. For this, we will observe the city as an ecosystem and some strategies used by artists to adapt their performances to the public space. Finally, we will focus on festivals that occupy cities allowing the realization of a complex set of performances. We will see that the aesthetic experience can trigger the spectators’ poetic imagination, being able to transform both the perceptions and the ties of belonging of the inhabitants to the city.

Author Biography

Céline Spinelli, Université de Montréal

Doutora em Antropologia pela École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales de Paris e pela Universidade de São Paulo. Foi professora no Departamento de Antropologia da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco durante dois anos e desenvolveu atividades de pesquisa na mesma instituição. Atualmente, realiza pesquisa de pós-doutorado em Montréal (Canadá) junto ao Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail e integra o Laboratoire de recherche en relations interculturelles (Labrri, Université de Montréal). Tem interesse pela antropologia do mundo contemporâneo e da globalização, pela antropologia da arte, do corpo e da saúde, com perspectiva interdisciplinar.

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Published

2022-09-19

How to Cite

SPINELLI, Céline. Urban perceptions: scenic performances and aesthetic experience in public space. Ilha Revista de Antropologia, Florianópolis, v. 24, n. 3, 2022. DOI: 10.5007/2175-8034.2022.e85965. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ilha/article/view/85965. Acesso em: 21 nov. 2024.

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