The jester\'s game as a tool for the artivist.

Author(s)

Vanessa Benites Bordin

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA/SBD)
• Defense date: 2013-10-07

Examining board members

Elisabeth Silva Lopes; Renato Ferracini; José Batista Dal Farra Martins

• Advisor: Elisabeth Silva Lopes

Abstract

This study has as its axis the relationship between artistic practice and politics the actor. From the research I seek to analyze the buffoon with the effectiveness of his play in carrying out political actions in public places or scenic. This research, which belongs to the field of buffoonery, limited research in this sphere of popular comic grotesque. Thus, focusing on the character of complaint and protest buffoon, I examine the play of parody and blasphemy that address their criticisms and actions always in favor of freedom. It starts with the reference of buffoons and jesters of the Middle Ages to understand the grass roots of the game buffoon, analyzing how the fools King played its role in this period. To consider the evolution of working with this iconic figure in the theater, we meet Bertolt Brecht, who perceives the buffoon figure Karl Valentin elements for the actor in the political theater. And presente, comparing the critical gesture of buffoon with the man who graphite, for example, examine the works of artivists as Reverend Billy, Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Leo Bassi who use the grotesque, irony and buffoonery to denounce the injustices against the man in capitalist society. Finally, we present a pedagogical approach on the work of buffoon for actors who wish to exercise social critique as a tool using humor and pleasure of buffoonery. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 11/15180-9 - The jesters game as a tool for artivists
• Grantee: Vanessa Benites Bordin
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master