An Essay Devoid of a Title, About a Journey Home, Which Home Does Not Exist and Perhaps Never Will Be, or to a Home Which Once Belonged to Entirely Someone Else
Andrzej Pitrus
andrzej@pitrus.com.plJagiellonian University (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5381-3377
Abstract
The author addresses the issue of immigration from a perspective based on the assumption that a person changing – for various reasons – the place of residence plays a certain role. In turn a “native” meeting a “stranger” has a different role to play. Pitrus focuses on works at the crossroads of different art forms – they are always works combining elements of cinema and theatre or – more broadly – performative arts. Artists talking about various kinds of
“migration of peoples” use such a hybrid form to induce the viewer to enter the role of a stranger or the one who meets him. Andrzej Pitrus writes about the works of Ariane Mnouchkine, Romeo Castellucci and Pippo Delbono, among others.
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Andrzej Pitrusandrzej@pitrus.com.pl
Jagiellonian University Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5381-3377
Medioznawca i filmoznawca; pracuje w Instytucie Sztuk Audiowizualnych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Mieszka w Torrevieja. Nadal szuka języka, który pozwoli pogodzić akademicką pasję poznania z pragnieniem nazywania rzeczy i zjawisk w sposób prosty. W 2018 r. ukazała się jego książka To nie jest sztuka, panie profesorze poświęcona artystom media artu. W 2019 r. ukazała się jego pierwsza powieść pod tytułem Marieke naga, której bohaterka przeżyła Zagładę. Preferuje towarzystwo dzikich kotów, zwłaszcza pewnej Pumy.
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