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Immersive Guilt Factories

Staging Spectators in Immersive Performances (Cover)

Staging Spectators in Immersive Performances (Cover)

Schütz, Theresa – 2019

In this chapter, the author draws attention to a particular historical moment and its consequences, which carry significance for the topic of Schuld as both guilt and debt. Various strategies for involving the audience within the unfolding performance often lead to a situational (re)production of emotions like shame, guilt, or a sense of responsibility. Julian Hetzel’s Schuldfabrik/Guilt Factory begins with audience members entering what seems to be a pop-up store, which suggests that the installation belongs to the genre of fake institutions. Besides the fabrication of the concrete product, Hetzel’s Schuldfabrik/Guilt Factory opens up an obstacle course through several practices and feelings of guilt, all of which are deeply rooted in Christian culture and which, at the same time, build the foundation of contemporary western neoliberalism. It is important to differentiate between guilt as a relatively abstract moral term and the feeling of guilt as a social emotion.

Title
Immersive Guilt Factories
Author
Schütz, Theresa
Date
2019
Identifier
DOI: 10.4324/9780429198274-15
Appeared in
Kolesch, Schütz et al. (Ed.) 2019 – Staging Spectators in Immersive Performances
Language
eng
Type
Text
Size or Duration
pp. 178–197