Misfitness: the hermeneutics of failure and the poetics of the clown – Heidegger and clowns

Autores

  • Marcelo Beré Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

Palavras-chave:

Heidegger, Clown, Phenomenology, Philosophy, Theatre

Resumo

The article presents some Heideggerian ideas applied to the art of clowning. Four principles of practice of the clown’s art are analysed in the light of misfitness – a concept based on the clown’s ability not to fit into theatrical, cinematic and social conventions, thus creating a language of his own. In an ontological approach, this article seeks to examine what it means to be a clown-in-the-world. Following a Heideggerian principle, the clown is analysed here taking into account his artistic praxis; a clown is what a clown does: this is the basic principle of clown poetics. The conclusion proposes a look at the clown’s way of thinking – which is here called misfit logic – and shows the hermeneutics of failure, where the logic of success becomes questionable.

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Biografia do Autor

Marcelo Beré, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

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Publicado

2022-09-27

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Beré, M. (2022). Misfitness: the hermeneutics of failure and the poetics of the clown – Heidegger and clowns. Revista Brasileira De Estudos Da Presença, 10(1), 01–29. Recuperado de https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/presenca/article/view/91658

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Filosofia-Performance