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Flânerie as a strategy : revolutionary ideas of avant-gardes in the co-authorship of Asja Lācis and Walter Benjamin
ID Duka, Sanita (Author), ID Zajec, Urška (Resume translator)

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Abstract
The article discusses the essay “Naples” (1925), co-authored by Asja Lācis (née Anna Liepiņa, married Lācis or Lāce, 1891–1979) and Walter Benjamin (1892–1940). This case study reflects flânerie used as a creative strategy. The narrator, a figure of urban wandering and detached observation, was implemented by the co-authors stressing the differences in the interpretation by a man and a woman – flâneur and flâneuse. They portray Naples through contrasting perspectives: Benjamin, the philosopher, views the city as a system, examining its structures and categories, while Lācis, the theatre director, approaches it as a dynamic performance. This convergence of viewpoints creates a unique narrative voice. The article sheds light on the theatrical implications used in urban exploration and proves the input of Lācis by exploring parallels in her educational experience, creative works, letters and publications. Under the influence of collaboration with Lācis, Benjamin developed the signature philosophical style and initial impulse in this essay by introducing metaphors of porosity and constellation, later developed as concepts. The paper concludes that flânerie, used as a strategy of exploration and narration, integrates the vitality of lived experience with theatre and philosophy to inspire fresh perspectives on seeing and being in the world, thus embodying the revolutionary avant-garde pursuit of transcending boundaries, whether artistic, ideological or cultural and reinforcing its innovative and transformative intent.

Language:English
Keywords:Naples, lived experience, urban theatricality, porosity, constellation, creative colloboration, flâneur and flâneuse, narrative voice
Work type:Article
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:AGRFT - Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Publication date:01.01.2025
Year:2025
Number of pages:Str. 262-281
Numbering:Let. 13, št. 1
PID:20.500.12556/RUL-179164 This link opens in a new window
UDC:821.09:792
ISSN on article:1855-4539
DOI:10.51937/Amfiteater-2025-1/262-281 This link opens in a new window
COBISS.SI-ID:240680195 This link opens in a new window
Publication date in RUL:06.02.2026
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Title:Amfiteater : revija za teorijo scenskih umetnosti
Publisher:Akademija za gledališče, radio, film in televizijo, Društvo gledaliških kritikov in teatrologov Slovenije, Akademija za gledališče, radio, film in televizijo, Društvo gledaliških kritikov in teatrologov Slovenije, Akademija za gledališče, radio, film in televizijo, Slovenski gledališki inštitut, Slovenski gledališki inštitut, = Slovenian Theatre Institute, Založba Univerze v Ljubljani, = University of Ljubljana Press
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Language:Slovenian
Title:Flanerstvo kot strategija : evolucionarne ideje avantgard v soavtorstvu Asje Lācis in Walterja Benjamina
Abstract:
Tema članka je esej »Neapelj« [orig. nem. »Neapel« – op. prev.] (1925), ki je nastal v soavtorstvu Asje Lācis (roj. Anna Liepiņa, por. Lācis ali Lāce, 1891–1979) in Walterja Benjamina (1892–1940). Gre za študijo primera, ki uporablja flanerstvo (fr. flânerie) kot strategijo pri ustvarjanju. Pripovedovalca, torej figuro pohajkovalca po mestu in oddaljenega opazovalca, sta soavtorja zasnovala tako, da pridejo do izraza razlike v interpretaciji s strani moškega in ženske – flanerja (fr. flâneur) in flanerke (fr. flâneuse). V eseju je Neapelj prikazan s protistavo dveh vidikov: filozof Benjamin mesto obravnava kot sistem ter pri tem preučuje njegove strukture in kategorije, gledališka režiserka Lācis pa na mesto gleda kot na dinamično predstavo. Pogleda se zlijeta v edinstven pripovedni glas. Članek osvetljuje pomen raziskovanja mest za gledališče, prispevke s strani Lācis pa dokazuje z raziskovanjem vzporednic iz njenega izobrazbenega ozadja, ustvarjalnih del, pisem in publikacij. Pod vplivom sodelovanja z Lācis je Benjamin razvil svoj značilni filozofski slog; zametke najdemo v tem eseju, saj je v njem uvedel metafori poroznosti in konstelacije, ki ju je pozneje razširil v koncepta. Članek se zaključi z ugotovitvijo, da flanerstvo kot strategija raziskovanja in pripovedovanja združuje vitalnost žive izkušnje z gledališčem in filozofijo, cilj pa je navdihniti sveže poglede na to, kako videti in bivati v svetu. Z drugimi besedami, utelešati revolucionarni cilj avantgard – preseganje umetniških, ideoloških oziroma kulturnih meja – ter jih s tem podpirati v njihovih inovativnih in transformativnih prizadevanjih.

Keywords:Neapelj, živa izkušnja, gledališkost urbanega okolja, poroznost, konstelacija, ustvarjalno sodelovanje, flaner in flanerka, pripovedni glas

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