Logomimesis

A Treatise On The Performing Body
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-58214-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

How can the dichotomy between body and language be overcome by means of the performing arts? What does the art of performing contribute to philosophical, ethical, and political thinking today?

This book is a study of the body and language on the stage. Inspired by contemporary artistic research and performance philosophy, Esa Kirkkopelto proposes a new understanding of embodiment that has no direct counterpart in existing philosophies of the body, in natural science, or in everyday experience. The way a performer imagines their body in performance breaks with body–language dichotomies, so language and body can be conceived as co-original phenomena, beyond their anthropomorphic framing. Once we recognize the native relationship between body and language, we can acquire an evolutive perspective which reaches beyond ontological or transcendental paradigms, towards a more linguistic and corporeal coexistence of diverse beings.

This book shows how radically different the universe appears when conceived through the performing body. It addresses artists and philosophers alike.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kirkkopelto, Esa

Weitere Mitwirkende

Sotejeff-Wilson, Kate

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatergeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Schauspieltechnik, Theaterpädagogik
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword; Introduction; Part I: The Deduction Of The Scenic Body; Chapter 1: The scenic body of a word; Chapter 2: The linguistic nature of the performing body; Part II: Logomimetic Meditations; Chapter 3: The virtual body of the performer; Chapter 4: Virtual objects on stage; Chapter 5: The virtual space of performance; Chapter 6: The rhythm of the scenic gesture; Chapter 7: The scenic apocatastasis; Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Esa Kirkkopelto is a performance artist, philosopher, and artist researcher focusing on the deconstruction of the performing body in theory and practice. Kirkkopelto was Professor of Artistic Research at the University of the Arts Helsinki (Finland) in 2007–2018 and now holds a similar professorship at the Tampere University. He is a theatre director and founding member of the live art collective Other Spaces.