Jessie Kleemann’s Art of Survival
In her work as an educator, actor, poet and visual artist, Jessie Kleemann has persistently expanded the limits of arts discourse in Kalaallit Nunaat, not least through her unique approach to body art informed by historical Kalaallit theatrical forms and antimimetic dramaturgy. Emphasizing how Kleem...
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ftkbcopenhojs:oai:ojs.tidsskrift.dk:article/135189 2023-05-15T16:55:06+02:00 Jessie Kleemann’s Art of Survival W. Norman, David 2022-12-19 application/pdf https://tidsskrift.dk/peripeti/article/view/135189 dan dan Aarhus Universitet, Den Danske Scenekunstskole, Københavns Universitet https://tidsskrift.dk/peripeti/article/view/135189/179948 https://tidsskrift.dk/peripeti/article/view/135189 Copyright (c) 2022 Copyright Peripeti og forfatterne - Artiklerne er tilgængelige for direkte links. Peripeti; Vol. 19 No. 37 (2022): Sustainability; 30-43 Peripeti; Årg. 19 Nr. 37 (2022): Sustainability; 30-43 2245-893X 1604-0325 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2022 ftkbcopenhojs 2022-12-22T02:18:57Z In her work as an educator, actor, poet and visual artist, Jessie Kleemann has persistently expanded the limits of arts discourse in Kalaallit Nunaat, not least through her unique approach to body art informed by historical Kalaallit theatrical forms and antimimetic dramaturgy. Emphasizing how Kleemann’s embodied practice prompts reflection on the potential for action amid environmental collapse, this essay situates her work alongside schools of thought that have theorized the body during moments of crisis. I focus on Kleemann’s early experimentation with analog video and recent ecocritical poetry, aligning her work with traditions ranging from ancestral Inuit performance genres to post-1945 action art and contemporary practices advocating on behalf of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Kleemann’s methods, refracted through these traditions, place embodied action at the center of efforts to form more ethical relations. Article in Journal/Newspaper inuit kalaallit Kalaallit Nunaat Tidsskrift.dk (The Royal Library, Denmark) |
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In her work as an educator, actor, poet and visual artist, Jessie Kleemann has persistently expanded the limits of arts discourse in Kalaallit Nunaat, not least through her unique approach to body art informed by historical Kalaallit theatrical forms and antimimetic dramaturgy. Emphasizing how Kleemann’s embodied practice prompts reflection on the potential for action amid environmental collapse, this essay situates her work alongside schools of thought that have theorized the body during moments of crisis. I focus on Kleemann’s early experimentation with analog video and recent ecocritical poetry, aligning her work with traditions ranging from ancestral Inuit performance genres to post-1945 action art and contemporary practices advocating on behalf of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Kleemann’s methods, refracted through these traditions, place embodied action at the center of efforts to form more ethical relations. |
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Aarhus Universitet, Den Danske Scenekunstskole, Københavns Universitet |
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Peripeti; Vol. 19 No. 37 (2022): Sustainability; 30-43 Peripeti; Årg. 19 Nr. 37 (2022): Sustainability; 30-43 2245-893X 1604-0325 |
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