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Performing like an asylum seeker : paradoxes of hyper-authenticity

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Jestrovic, Silvija (2008) Performing like an asylum seeker : paradoxes of hyper-authenticity. Research in Drama Education, Vol.13 (No.2). pp. 159-170. doi:10.1080/13569780802054810

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Abstract

This essay investigates performance events that feature actual refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants, but in instances where presence and embodiment are mediated and made ambiguous. My focus is a fashion show by Catalan designer Antonio Miro, who uses refugees from Senegal as models, and Christoph Schlingensief's public art project Foreigners Out!. In different ways and to varying degrees, these case studies exemplify the phenomenon that I call the hyper-authentic - where the authenticity of the subject is partly constructed through the gaze of the beholder. Although the projects in question use real refugees and asylum seekers as performers, exilic voices and bodies are often subordinated to the creative and/or entrepreneurial concepts of the established Western artists. Nevertheless, I would argue that the relationship between performance ethics and efficacy remains ambiguous, making these case studies difficult to dismiss as merely gratuitous.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Art and morals, Refugees in art
Journal or Publication Title: Research in Drama Education
Publisher: Routledge
ISSN: 1356-9783
Official Date: June 2008
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June 2008Published
Volume: Vol.13
Number: No.2
Page Range: pp. 159-170
DOI: 10.1080/13569780802054810
Status: Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version: Open Access

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