The Conservative Avant-Garde

This article discusses the so-called artistic avant-garde in the twenty-first century, particularly in regard to theatre and performance art; in other words, this text brings into question the current state of those forms of expression. It discusses the concepts of avant-garde, nicheguard and conser...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Schechner, Richard
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositorio:Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/20985
Acceso en línea:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/presenca/article/view/20985
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Arte
Vanguarda
Performance
Estudos da Performance
Produção Cultural
Art
Avant-garde
Etudes de la Performance
Production Culturelle
Avant-Garde
Performance Studies
Cultural Production
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Sumario:This article discusses the so-called artistic avant-garde in the twenty-first century, particularly in regard to theatre and performance art; in other words, this text brings into question the current state of those forms of expression. It discusses the concepts of avant-garde, nicheguard and conservatism in order to deal with the conservative status of the avant-garde in the group of artistic expressions mentioned above, that actually merely repeats previous achievements rather than proposing new forms of transgression and disruption of the established order, including the one that running the art system. The article is based on the idea that the avant-garde exists in three realms simultaneously – as a living tradition, as a brand, and as the echo or ghost of the provocation it once was.