Revolution and war in the theatre of Santiago Sanguinetti

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48162/rev.43.060

Keywords:

political theatre, Uruguayan theatre, postdictatorship, collective memory, postmemory

Abstract

Santiago Sanguinetti is a postmodern referent of political theatre in Uruguay, creator of Trilogía de la revolución, composed of Argumento contra la existencia de vida inteligente en el Cono Sur (2012), Sobre la teoría del eterno retorno aplicada a la revolución en el Caribe (2012) and Breve apología del caos por exceso de testosterona en las calles de Manhattan (2014). The trilogy maintains a thematic thread: revolution through “war” or armed uprising. In exploring the representation of war from Sanguinetti’s perspective, it is essential to consider revolutionary practices and discourses of the last century in Uruguay and Latin America (what we still tend to call the “recent past”), intertwined with elements such as Guevarism and the Cuban revolution, to which Sanguinetti adds the figure of the zombie as a result of capitalism. Through the juxtaposition of dissonant elements that coexist with references to the recent past in Uruguay, these three works encourage critical reflection on reality. They promote social awareness through an absurd and uncomfortable humour that challenges the idiosyncrasy and collective identity of Uruguayans.

Author Biography

Daniela Pauletti, Universidad de la República

Daniela Pauletti is a cultural manager, artistic producer and performing arts researcher. She has graduated as a Theatre Designer from EMAD, Uruguay, and later specialised in Cultural Management at the Universidad de la República (UDELAR), and completed a Master's degree in Theatre Theory and History at the Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación, UDELAR, and in Cultural Policies at CURE. She is an executive producer of independent Uruguayan theatre shows with a social, political and human rights perspective. She has developed national and international projects as a performing and audiovisual arts manager and co-produced projects for international distribution. Her lines of research address the figures of Rio de la Plata theatre from a social and political perspective through oral and documentary accounts. Since 2021 she is a member of the International Network of Latin American and European Theatre Researchers (RIITLE). She has been working for more than a decade at TV CIUDAD, a public television channel in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Published

24-07-2024

How to Cite

Pauletti, D. (2024). Revolution and war in the theatre of Santiago Sanguinetti. Boletín GEC, (33), 220–234. https://doi.org/10.48162/rev.43.060