Artistic work as a practice of translation on the global art market

the example of “African” dancer and choreographer Germaine Acogny

Authors

  • Luiza Banov Universidade de São Paulo
  • Gabriele Klein Universidade de Hamburgo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-3867.v19i2p28-47

Keywords:

Artistic translation, Global art market, African dance

Abstract

Identity, difference, and translation are important theoretical concepts in the field of translation studies and postcolonial studies. It is a basic assumption of this lecture that aesthetic and cultural translation is exposed to the paradox of identity and difference and that this paradox is particularly evident in artistic performance practices such as dance and choreography. Focusing on the artistic work of choreographer and dancer Germaine Acogny (Senegal), the lecture addresses artistic translation practices under postcolonial conditions in the global art market of so-called “contemporary dance”. The aim is to illustrate how contradictory, hybrid, and fragmented the cultural and aesthetic translation process is, how the global art market shapes the artistic strategies of translation, and how aesthetic productivity lies in the impossibility of translating cultural experience artistically.

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Author Biographies

  • Luiza Banov, Universidade de São Paulo

    Professora de Sociologia da dança e Estudos da performance e Diretora do Centro de Estudos Performáticos da Universidade de Hamburgo. Suas publicações em língua inglesa incluem Emerging bodies (com S. Noeth), Performance and labour (com B. Kunst) e Dance (and) theory (com G. Brandstetter)

  • Gabriele Klein, Universidade de Hamburgo

    Professora de Sociologia da dança e Estudos da performance e Diretora do Centro de Estudos Performáticos da Universidade de Hamburgo. Suas publicações em língua inglesa incluem Emerging bodies (com S. Noeth), Performance and labour (com B. Kunst) e Dance (and) theory (com G. Brandstetter)

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Published

2019-12-20

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How to Cite

Klein, G. (2019). Artistic work as a practice of translation on the global art market: the example of “African” dancer and choreographer Germaine Acogny (L. Banov , Trans.). Sala Preta, 19(2), 28-47. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-3867.v19i2p28-47