Papers by kristė karvelytė
While retaining hierarchical structure externally, Artaud moved from representation to non-repre... more While retaining hierarchical structure externally, Artaud moved from representation to non-representative, purely physical but at the same time paradoxicaly metaphysical theatre. This research focuses on the concept of non-representative body - body-hieroglyph, dancing and screaming body - and its relationship to language. An ambiguous Artaud’s relationship with Wetern philosophical tradition is marked by his turning away from the ,,logos” which brings us to the authentical conception of a word as ,,mythos”.
Acording to James Quandt, the New French Extremity reflects a recent cultural crisis, forcing Fre... more Acording to James Quandt, the New French Extremity reflects a recent cultural crisis, forcing French filmmakers to respond to the death of the national identity, language, ideology and aesthetic forms with desperate measures and manifests a failure of both imagination and morality. The paper analyzes two movies directed by Gaspar Noé - ,,Carne" (1991) and ,,I Stand Alone" (1998) - and shows his closeness to Antonin Artaud's philosophical ideas, as well as practical methods, described in a ,,Theater of Cruelty" project on multiply levels. Both of them aim to shatter the false reality and believe that “in our present state of degeneration it is through the skin that metaphysics must be made to re-enter our minds” (Artaud, ,,The Theatre and Its Double"), thus refering to a far more profound crisis than the one mentioned by Quandt. Therefore, images, subjects, cinematic techniques and means of artistic expression employed in recent French cinema should be seen as necessary cruelty, which manifests itself not only through the assault on audiences' senses but on their minds as well.
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Papers by kristė karvelytė