Now I See You, Now I Know You: How Constructions of Space and the Self Navigate the Tension Between Reenchantment of the World and Intimate Communion in Autobiographical Performance

Authors

Huong Nguyen, Macalester CollegeFollow

Document Type

Honors Project

Abstract

The transformative power of live performances lies in their reenchantment of the world: how they allow us to see special qualities of everyday objects and phenomena. Autobiographical theatre, rather than trying to find new ways of seeing, aims to transform the audience to “[make] the stranger less strange”. How do these qualities co-exist in autobiographical performance, and how does such a style of performance navigate them? By centralizing a comparative analysis of stagecraft in Aya Ogawa’s The Nosebleed and my honors project, Anti-Cartesian Variety Show, I demonstrate how constructions of space and the self help collapse the boundary between reenchantment of the world and intimate communion of the self.

Recommended Citation

Nguyen, Huong, "Now I See You, Now I Know You: How Constructions of Space and the Self Navigate the Tension Between Reenchantment of the World and Intimate Communion in Autobiographical Performance" (2024). Theatre and Dance Honors Projects. 10.
https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/thda_honors/10

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