Being in Touch: A metamorphosis of Jan Fabre’s <i>The Castles of the Hour Blue</i> into bodies of longing

The writer searches for ways of not losing touch with people during the covid-19 pandemic and the rules of social distancing. She realizes that isolation from people has led to a parenthesis of time and isolation from the future. By re-viewing her experience from the exhibtion The Castles of the Ho...

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Main Author: Sylvia Solakidi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Performance Philosophy 2022-04-01
Series:Performance Philosophy
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Online Access:https://www.performancephilosophy.org/journal/article/view/348
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description The writer searches for ways of not losing touch with people during the covid-19 pandemic and the rules of social distancing. She realizes that isolation from people has led to a parenthesis of time and isolation from the future. By re-viewing her experience from the exhibtion The Castles of the Hour Blue of the Belgian visual and theatre artist Jan Fabre that she has visited twice, she explores the possibility of a future as longing, through the concept of metamorphosis and Fabre's creative coping with time.
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spelling doaj.art-a80e84f9161b4f66b4a88cb9dd0525422022-12-22T00:08:39ZengPerformance PhilosophyPerformance Philosophy2057-71762022-04-017110.21476/PP.2022.71348Being in Touch: A metamorphosis of Jan Fabre’s <i>The Castles of the Hour Blue</i> into bodies of longingSylvia Solakidi0University of Surrey The writer searches for ways of not losing touch with people during the covid-19 pandemic and the rules of social distancing. She realizes that isolation from people has led to a parenthesis of time and isolation from the future. By re-viewing her experience from the exhibtion The Castles of the Hour Blue of the Belgian visual and theatre artist Jan Fabre that she has visited twice, she explores the possibility of a future as longing, through the concept of metamorphosis and Fabre's creative coping with time. https://www.performancephilosophy.org/journal/article/view/348Jan FabreHour BlueMetamorphosisCovid-19Longing
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Being in Touch: A metamorphosis of Jan Fabre’s <i>The Castles of the Hour Blue</i> into bodies of longing
Performance Philosophy
Jan Fabre
Hour Blue
Metamorphosis
Covid-19
Longing
title Being in Touch: A metamorphosis of Jan Fabre’s <i>The Castles of the Hour Blue</i> into bodies of longing
title_full Being in Touch: A metamorphosis of Jan Fabre’s <i>The Castles of the Hour Blue</i> into bodies of longing
title_fullStr Being in Touch: A metamorphosis of Jan Fabre’s <i>The Castles of the Hour Blue</i> into bodies of longing
title_full_unstemmed Being in Touch: A metamorphosis of Jan Fabre’s <i>The Castles of the Hour Blue</i> into bodies of longing
title_short Being in Touch: A metamorphosis of Jan Fabre’s <i>The Castles of the Hour Blue</i> into bodies of longing
title_sort being in touch a metamorphosis of jan fabre s i the castles of the hour blue i into bodies of longing
topic Jan Fabre
Hour Blue
Metamorphosis
Covid-19
Longing
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