BET ON FAILURE: CLOWNCRAFT AND SUBJECTIVATION
Clown; Subjectivation; Clowning; Ethics.
This dissertation aims to bring the practice of clowning closer to the Foucauldian and Deleuzian conceptual universe, by discussing the concepts of Body-Without-Organs; Prudence and Ritual; Subjectivation; Self-care; Resistance; Tactics and Strategies; associating them with excerpts from workshops and shows seen during its making, in 2022, at the International Circovolante Clown Festival. The research carries out a brief preparatory movement, reflecting on the implications of the cartographic method, adopted as its methodology; as well as discussing in more detail specific excerpts from a series of Theatric Education workshops held at the State University of Minas Gerais in alliance with the concepts previously worked on. Furthermore, it produces a brief reflection on the place of the clown within neoliberal society, pointing out how the practice of clowning, if carried out based on the principles of caution and criticism, can prove to be an ethical way out for the subject: in a society that only encourages the subject to seek success, failing can be a route of escape for those who are interested in autonomous ways of living