The Khmer Theatre

  • Dorota Semenowicz
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Abstract

The chapter focuses on the productions Kaputt Necropolis (1984) and Santa Sofia. Teatro Khmer (1986), which Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio considered at that time to be the stage realisations of their theatrical manifesto. It presents the first approaches to such concepts of the company as iconoclasm, materiality (in reference to Pavel Florensky’s writings on the Orthodox icon) and montage, and considers tensions between these three categories. Simultaneously, the chapter defines the methodology of the analysis. The point of departure for the book is the theory of Georges Didi-Huberman, who formulates the problem of image in terms of its relation to the viewer. Image is perceived as a dynamic process in which visible and invisible, word and image, conscious and unconscious fuse.

Keywords

Central Ring Khmer Rouge Walk Away Reverse Perspective Theatrical Ritual 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Dorota Semenowicz
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  1. 1.Teatr NarodowyWarsawPoland

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