I AM JUST COOKING: PERFORMATIVE HEALING IN THE TIMES OF COVID-19 CATASTROPHE

Abstract

In this thesis I aim to reflect on the works I did in the Academy of Performing arts Prague (2019-2021). My interest varied from physical, bodily experiences, somatic to a digital art that was constructed jumping from Quantum Mechanics, post-internet art and artificial intelligence. In this thesis I reflect on my thinking on healing, performativity and being. I raise the questions such as: “what does it mean to perform in the age of catastrophe (this is how I refer to the COVID-19 time) and what (if) we can take anything from it in terms of performativity?”. Referring to different artists, theorists and scientists I am going to its’ origins and contemplating performativity in terms of healing. Another concept that follows the thinking and is presented in this thesis is “Inner dramaturgies”, that was a main methodology creating a dramaturgy in my recent works. It has started its’ development in the solo performance “ROOM IN 286/75” and later was expanded in my following works.