Performing Memory

To what extent does performance allow itself be understood as the art of (body) memories? Based on a multitude of performative beginnings, different memory and remembrance practices will be discussed: from reconstructive archival work, to reenactments, all the way to other interpretations of past knowledge in theater spaces. The symposium is composed of three moderated lectures on three nights which combine innovative theoretical thinking with artistic and didactic artistic practices.

CONCEPTION, ORGANISATION Prof. Dr. Magdalena Marszałek (University Potsdam), Prof. Dr. Dorota Sajewska (University Zürich / University Warsaw), Prof. Dr. Małgorzata Sugiera (Jagiellonen University Krakow)

Symposion in th escope of the international research project Performances of Memory: Testimonial, Reconstructive and Counterfactual Strategies in Literature and Performative Arts of the 20th and 21st Centuries. Funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and the National Science Center (NCN, Poland).