Arte participativo. El trabajo como (auto) representación

Abstract

The “social turn” of contemporary audiovisual documentary and theatrical performances, raises a series of ethical and aesthetic questions about art forms around the representation of the suffering of the people. With different variations, subaltern identities tend to be placed in the center of the scene (or other exhibition space) where they explain or perform actions related to their experiences, which might be signed by class, gender, age, sexuality. In the last decade these identities tend to be increasingly centered on the world of work or on the consequences of the crisis. The notes that follow address this issue and the paradoxes through the review of some recent Argentine experiences, focusing on Estrellas, by Federico Leon and theatrical interventions Mucamas de hotel (Hotel Maids) by Lola Arias and Fábrica (Factory) by Gerardo Neuman.