Gilles Deleuze e Antonin Artaud

Gilles Deleuze and Antonin Artaud: The Creation of the Body without Organs.

Abstract

With the concept of the “body” in mind, this paper seeks to present theoretical and practical links between the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze and the multiple artist Antonin Artaud. Throughout his work, Antonin Artaud presented aspects that were later elaborated by philosophers at the end of the 20th century, such as Deleuze. Among these points, we highlight the notion of the Body without Organs, developed in the context of criticism of the European world. Since for both thinkers the idea of the body is not restricted to a mere definition and the actor thinks of it in the practice of theater, the exhibition also covers Deleuze's philosophical use of the theater theory created and developed by Artaud. The search for a “Body Revolution” indicates a theory of the sensible that puts the problem of the body in the spotlight. It denounces the paradigms of art and thought that standardize the body, its deeds and its uses. Thus, this work proposes to investigate and outline the possible paths for a body-thought revolution, taking into account the social and cultural context in which we are inserted.