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Aprons of Power: Performative Female Body Against Repressive Laws

BULANDROVÁ, Amálie

Základní údaje

Originální název

Aprons of Power: Performative Female Body Against Repressive Laws

Název česky

Zástěry moci: Performávním ženského těla proti represivním zákonům

Autoři

BULANDROVÁ, Amálie

Vydání

IFTR Annual Conference 2025 - Performing Carnival, Kolín nad Rýnem, Německo. 2025

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60403 Performing arts studies

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

scenographics; activism; social change; Aprons of Power; procession

Změněno: 1. 2. 2026 23:45, doc. MgA. David Drozd, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

Proposed paper focuses on scenographic methods that conceive protest movements in a visually compelling and functional way. Specifically, I will shed light on “The Artists' Campaign to Repeal Eighth Amendment” formation to demonstrate how scenographic approach to intersection of art and activism might contribute to social or even legal change. Mentioned collective was established in in 2015 to fight for the repeal of the Eighth Amendment of the Irish Constitution which equated the life of a pregnant woman with that of a fetus. Originally for the EVA International Biennial of Art (2018), the collective prepared a procession which included the performance "Aprons of Power". In specific inconspicuous yet powerful costume design, various props, emotional choreography and live music, the women from the collective acted in the procession in order to address the stereotypes and archetypes of Catholic culture as well as rights to decide abouts own body. This performance was eventually realized in various Irish surroundings aiming in visual attack on the imagination of onlookers and emphasis on the demands of the formation. Given the fact that the Eighth Amendment was indeed eventually repealed in a public referendum in Ireland in 2018, I consider suggested performative procession a fitting example of powerful scenographic operation in public space. Therefore, I apply the findings of theorists Rachel Hann and Marsha Meskimmon from the fields of scenography and ecofeminism to demonstrate how the performative environment might be visually orchestrated to reinforce the emotional and rational layers of chosen goals.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1713/2024, interní kód MU

Název: Aktuální výzvy divadelních studií II.

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Aktuální výzvy divadelních studií II.

Citovat

BULANDROVÁ, Amálie. Aprons of Power: Performative Female Body Against Repressive Laws. In IFTR Annual Conference 2025 - Performing Carnival, Kolín nad Rýnem, Německo. 2025.

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   author = {Bulandrová, Amálie},
   booktitle = {IFTR Annual Conference 2025 - Performing Carnival, Kolín nad Rýnem, Německo.},
   keywords = {scenographics; activism; social change; Aprons of Power; procession},
   language = {eng},
   title = {Aprons of Power: Performative Female Body Against Repressive Laws},
   url = {https://tws.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/iftr-2025},
   year = {2025}
}

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BULANDROVÁ, Amálie. Aprons of Power: Performative Female Body Against Repressive Laws. In \textit{IFTR Annual Conference 2025 - Performing Carnival, Kolín nad Rýnem, Německo.}. 2025.

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