Re-Locating the Spectator – The Squat Theater’s Use of Media and Space

Authors

  • Zoltán Imre Eötvös Lóránd University of Sciences, Budapest

Keywords:

theatre, Squat Theater

Abstract

Based on the concepts of intermediality (Balme, Boenisch and Kattenbelt) and heterotopy (Foucault), my paper investigates the special features of the New York-based Squat Theater: their use of media and space. Focusing mostly on their second major, New York-performance, “Andy Warhol’s Last Love” (1978), I would like to analyze how they created a liminal zone (Turner) in-between times and spaces, which re-located the spectators’ position and re-interpreted their function.

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2020-08-16

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Imre, Z. (2020) “Re-Locating the Spectator – The Squat Theater’s Use of Media and Space”, Symbolon, 17(2(31), pp. 50–60. Available at: http://uartpress.ro/journals/index.php/symbolon/article/view/105 (Accessed: 8 May 2024).

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