This contribution juxtaposes an example of contemporary, non-dramatic theatre text (Še me dej by Simona Semenič) and the concept of the open work as inaugurated by Umberto Eco and paricularly as developed by Bojana Cvejić and Ana Vujanović in the issue of Maska dedicated to this topic. This enables a conceptualisation of the opening of the text to the eventfullness of the performance, to the active reception of the audience, and the opening of the protocols of production and reception of the theatre dispositif. It also facilitates a shift in the theoretical focus from semiotics (the representation of meaning) to pragmatics (the production of effects).
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