The (Im)Possibility of Empathy in SIGNA's Half the Suffering
Schütz, Theresa; Piggott, Jessi – 2020
SIGNA's performance installation Half the Suffering takes up the currently virulent debate on whether empathy is a panacea for society's woes. Inviting visitors to spend a night in a 12-hour empathy workshop, the performance critiques the history of theatre qua empathy machine, while questioning the altruistic impulse to share someone's pain.
Titel
The (Im)Possibility of Empathy in SIGNA's Half the Suffering
Verfasser
Schütz, Theresa; Piggott, Jessi
Datum
2020
Kennung
DOI: 10.1162/dram_a_00901
Erschienen in
The Drama Review 64(1)
Sprache
eng
Art
Text
Größe oder Länge
pp. 155–161