The gravedigger as an experimental device between the white cube and the dark room

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33871/21750769.2026.22.1.12017

Keywords:

The Gravedigger, Total work of art (Gesamtkunstwerk), Artistic languages, Experimental, Contemporary dramaturgy

Abstract

The play O Coveiro (2025), conceived by playwright Fernando Proença, updates the concept of the 'total work of art' by dissolving the boundaries between theater, visual arts, and cinema. By integrating museological and scenic elements within the same territory, the performance transcends the narrative of representation to institute an experience in act. Within this artistic-reflective memorial, grounded in the conceptions of Hélio Oiticica (1986), Ronaldo Brito (1980), Maurice Blanchot (2011) and Gilles Deleuze (2015), the piece is established as an experimental exercise and an act of symbolic insurgency. It establishes a horizontality between languages, transforming the spectator into a vital element of composition and subverting the modern paradigms of both the 'white cube' museum and the 'dark room' of cinema and theater.

Keywords: The Gravedigger; Total work of art (Gesamtkunstwerk); artistic languages; Experimental; contemporary dramaturgy.

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Author Biography

Milla Jung, Autônomo

É artista e pesquisadora em Artes Visuais, com exposições que circulam a partir dos seguintes contextos: no campo da imagem - com a produção de fotografias, vídeos e instalações - a relação entre contemporaneidade e os efeitos da tecnosfera; e em processos colaborativos, com práticas artísticas instituintes – jograis, intervenções, situações – a invenção de outros modos de operar na esfera pública. É doutora em Poéticas Visuais pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP, 2018), mestre em Teoria da Arte pela Universidade Estadual de Santa Catarina (UDESC, 2007) e especialista em Fotografia como Instrumento de Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais pela UCAM/RJ.

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Published

2026-07-03

How to Cite

Jung, M. (2026). The gravedigger as an experimental device between the white cube and the dark room. O Mosaico, 22(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.33871/21750769.2026.22.1.12017

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2026): Revista O Mosaico No. 30

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Dossiê: As memórias dos gestos nas artes perfomativas - Bloco I: convidados

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