Interventions in the Public Space: performance, gaze, and the city

This article is based on the following assumption: to be or not to be on the stage. However, if the stage is real life, part of a public space, this situation is a very complex one. Thus, everyday urban life becomes an artistic and performance event. In this way, citizens become active spectators. U...

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Autor: González (Universidad de Buenos Aires - Buenos Aires, Argentina), María Laura
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:español
OAI Identifier:oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/39254
Acceso en línea:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/presenca/article/view/39254
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Urban Performance
City
Gaze
Public Space
Intervention
Performance
Ciudad
Mirada
Espacio Público
Intervención
Ville
Regard
Espace Public
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Sumario:This article is based on the following assumption: to be or not to be on the stage. However, if the stage is real life, part of a public space, this situation is a very complex one. Thus, everyday urban life becomes an artistic and performance event. In this way, citizens become active spectators. Urban interventions change the usual way of regarding the city, and propose a blurs the line between the roles of the person who looks and the person who acts. The example to discuss this game of presences will be A veces creo que te veo (Sometimes I think I can see you), a performance work done in Buenos Aires by Mariano Pensotti, in 2010.