Introduction

Rebento 20: "Obs-scene: investigations into what barely fits in the eyes"

Abstract

The 20th issue of Rebento Journal, titled "Obs-cena: investigations into what barely fits in the gaze," invited artists and researchers interested in what is or is placed "outside" the scene, focusing on the potential of the unfinished, the forbidden, the threatened of erasure, and what is perceived as negative. We received reports of experiences in spaces responsible for the fermentation of creative processes - such as rehearsal rooms, field research centers, laboratories, studios, workshops, and notebooks, among others - or occupied by borderline languages,  or invented by subjects who demand a voice. Among the questions in the issue, we challenged our contributors to reflect on the role of the visual arts, theater, circus, and dance in expanding the boundaries of public morality accepted in certain environments, as well as to understand in their writings what is absent or still unformed in historiography, dramaturgy, academic studies, exhibition spaces, and the scope of criticism.