new sensuality
DESCRIPTION
New Sensuality explores poetry within the production of a-logical discourses, which not only subvert the dominant network of signifiers and power, but also enables one to “think” outside that order. In addition to offering theoretical justification for avant-garde practices such as Artaud’s Theatre of Cruelty, New Sensuality also proposes a philosophical challenge by other means. One of the key tenets of 20th century theatre is revolt against the “tyranny of text.” I argue the same is needed for philosophy. While there have been a number of such projects (mysticism, Nietzsche’s poetical writings, Žižek’s use of paradoxes, ...), all were rooted in an intuitive need for expression stemming from an inadequacy of language, rather than critical reflection. Accordingly, New Sensuality is an exploration of media in which the critical impetus is primarily produced by sensual experiences.TRANSCRIPT
New SensualitySimon Belak
Saturday, 7. December, 2013
What would poetry own to theatre look like?
Saturday, 7. December, 2013
Limits of languageWhat can be formulated what can be expressed
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Excess of meaningbreaks linearity, fixture, closure
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Lossy reconstructionSaturday, 7. December, 2013
Interpretative insertion
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Embodied cognitionSaturday, 7. December, 2013
Transcending mind-body opposition
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The torture of languageSaturday, 7. December, 2013
A-logical discourses
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Poetry as world building
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Letting the body speakSaturday, 7. December, 2013
Theatre’s disastrous turn towards realism
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Artaud et al.: against the tyranny of language
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Transcending mind-body opposition
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New SensualityPhilosophy by other means,
theatre by all means
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Meaning is produced by strong sensual
stimuli and a web of
associationsSaturday, 7. December, 2013
Stepping into the playSaturday, 7. December, 2013
Associations mediate between mind and body
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Of questions and answers
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Philosophy is the art of posing questions
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