Performer odpowiedzialny : veto dla licentiae poeticae – sztuka jako polityka

Abstract

The article focuses at the problem of social responsibility of an artist, first of all – a performer (performance artist). Performativity itself appeared in philosophy of J. Austin for whom a particular type of statements – i.e. performatives – have a causative power. This feature seems to be an essence of performance art. Performers namely, giving up the traditional creation of artefacts, begin creation of fleeting and ephemeral microworlds instead and thus they cannot just cite the old licentia poetica rule. For Jacques Ranciére any performer is like an Aristotelian politician and thus his/her statements are not only pure lingual but also institutional and social ones.