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  • The Non-Human Animal Artist
  • Questions. A Research Project in Dialogue
  • Preambles
  • Preamble. Natan
  • Preamble. Sabrina
  • Preamble. Bouboule
  • Preamble. Franziska
  • 1. Introduction. Animals in the Circus
  • 2. Staging Dominance. Animal Performances in the Traditional Circus
  • 3. Contradictory Mastery. Animal Performances in the Contemporary Circus
  • 4. Staging Strategies in Animal Performances of the Contemporary Circus
  • 5. Dresse-toi. A Presentation of Common Cultural Animal Practices
  • 6. Dresse-toi. A Contemporary Staging of Human-Non-Human Animal Relations
  • 7. Responding to the Non-Human Turn. Further Reflections
  • 8. Bibliography
  • The Non-Human Animal Artist
  • Questions. A Research Project in Dialogue
  • Preamble
  • Preamble. Natan
  • Preamble. Sabrina
  • Preamble. Bouboule
  • Preamble. Franziska
  • 1. Introduction. Animals in the circus
  • 2. Staging Dominance. Animal Performances in the Traditional Circus
  • 3. Contradictory Mastery. Animal Perfomances in the Contemporary Circus
  • 4. Staging Strategies in Animal Performances of the Contemporary Circus
  • 5. Dresse-toi. A Presentation of Common Cultural Animal Practices
  • 6. Dresse-toi. A Contemporary Staging of Human-Non-Human Animal Relations
  • 7. Responding to the Non-Human Turn. Further Reflections
  • 8. Bibliography

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  • Franziska Trapp, Natan Alberca, Sabrina Sow
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  How can we practice, think, and write contemporary circus beyond the human? What would it mean to create new modes of performance that would (re)valorize the animal in the ring? This exposition presents an exploration of the inventive, creative, and active dimensions of non-human animals in the context of circus. In 2022, we — Natan Hansi Alberca (multidisciplinary visual artist), Franziska Trapp (dramaturge and researcher), and Sabrina Sow (equestrian artist) — came together to create a vivid dialogue between practice and reflection, artistic and academic research, informed and naive approaches. We now exhibit our exchange through video installations, academic writings, and poems, that expand on, express agreement with, or contradict each other. Our intention is to make perceptible how artistic and reflective processes are fundamentally intertwined. Download Accessible PDF
• Franziska Trapp, Natan Alberca, Sabrina Sow - The Non-Human Animal Artist: Toward the Presentation of an Artistic Species-Companionship in Circus. - 2024
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