MA Ü. Theater- und Medienpraxis (Summer School) - Acolyte – Revolutionary – Ascetic: Carmelo Bene as a theatre artist

Dozent:innen: Dr. Stefanie Husel
Kurzname: Th-u Medienpraxis
Kurs-Nr.: 05.155.625
Kurstyp: Übung

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches

G. C. Pfeiffer

Inhalt

How is it possible to reconcile the figures of the acolyte, the revolutionary and the ascetic in theatrical activity? The radical theatre artist Carmelo Bene (1937-2002) provides – and himself is – a response to the extent that he contextualizes this question in theory and practice, consistently and uncompromisingly, with the help of great minds, such as Foucalt, Lacan, Schopenhauer, Kleist, Klossowski and Poe, and uses the result for his own benefit, his language. Bene did not only just stir the pot with his lifelong opus – as theatre artist, filmmaker, writer, scandalous and ascetic man as well as enfant terrible – rather and above all he enrolled in the self-chosen genealogy of »Diderot-Wilde-Meyerhold-Artaud-Bene«. He learned from catholic priests, had 'destroyed the theatre to save it', embraced fools and saints equally, lived like a monk and left his legacy as echo (eco, CB). During this seminar we will follow Carmelo Bene throughout his (de)constructions, his mise en scène, his criticizing actions (Deleuze) both on stage as well as in film and, in particular, as voice artist (phoné, CB). His practical actions, coined by religion and deeply rooted in his native Southern Italy, form an integral part of this process.

Termine

Datum (Wochentag)	Zeit	Ort
12.07.2014 (Samstag)	09:30 - 17:00	00 232 HS 11 1312 - Aulagebäude/Mensa I
13.07.2014 (Sonntag)	09:30 - 17:00	00 232 HS 11 1312 - Aulagebäude/Mensa I