Haikai e performance: imagens poéticas

Abstract

This thesis is dedicated to studies on haiku and performance, aiming to establish intersection points between the former, a kind of Japanese poetry, and the latter, a field of action and reflection which combines theory and practice. Starting from reference pathways regarding both forms, the research seeks to generate a dialogue between Western and Eastern ways of thinking, focused on artistic doings, in order to merge concepts and practices, and to contribute to the emergence of an up-to-date, transdisciplinary performatic critic. The art works used as examples in this study aimed to demonstrate trends expressed on theboundaries of the following fields: performance art, poetry, theater, dance, music, visual arts, photography, cinema, etc. The thesis was based on the experimentalist tradition in arts pervasive during the twentieth century, and reacted to, or dialogued with, the cultural and social contexts in which this tradition manifests itself. Having originated from the creation of the poetic and theatrical performance, HAIKU only clouds swim at the bottom of the river, the work focused on the conflicting connection between performative, pictorial, transient practices, and the poetic, academic record.