Bibliographic citations
Bullard, I., (2022). El Hombre Ave, el Robot y una búsqueda por el cuidado en las dinámicas de poder entre directora y performer [Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú]. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/22861
Bullard, I., El Hombre Ave, el Robot y una búsqueda por el cuidado en las dinámicas de poder entre directora y performer []. PE: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/22861
@misc{renati/527792,
title = "El Hombre Ave, el Robot y una búsqueda por el cuidado en las dinámicas de poder entre directora y performer",
author = "Bullard Elias, Ines",
publisher = "Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú",
year = "2022"
}
This research-based paper seeks to identify and analyze what mechanisms were implemented to ensure an ethical care in the dynamics of power between director and performer in the Peruvian play “El Hombre Ave y el Robot“ (2021). This theatrical and audiovisual play took as a starting point the representation of the fraternal bond between a neurodiverse subject, Alfredo, and me, his older sister. This process had two axes: the documentary and the joint creation of a fantastic narrative. It was found that ethical questions in the director-performer relationship are made more complex by the fact that it contains various aspects: The fact that I also assumed the role of editor and documentarian, Alfredo being neurodiverse and I neurotypical, and finally, that it was a fraternal relationship. This led to potential moral questioning such as the danger of representation stereotypes, the documentary filmmaker's moral duty to represent an “objective” reality, and the debate that comes with seeking to represent the affective and vulnerable facets of a relationship. Subsequently, three mechanisms implemented during the process were analyzed to identify in what ways they looked out for these ethical dilemmas: The multidimensional entrance to the representation, play as the most utilized tool of representation, and collaborative creation. It was possible to conclude that although the hierarchies in creation processes are inescapable, the implementation of these mechanisms, together with the process´ objective to create a collaborative and jointly created product, managed to generate a space of greater freedom and where we both had creative agency. Showing this process to the spectator also invited reflection and questioning of stereotypes and hegemonic discourses regarding neurodiversity, the neurotypical, and the application of power as solely a vertical practice.
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