Abstract
Why are we still the victims of the illusions and disillusions of romantic love? This is one of the questions raised by Vasco Araújo’s video and installation Liebestod. Shown for the first time in 2019 in Baku, Azerbaijan, this piece is a meta-operatic work. Two primordial legends of tragic love, preserved in the oral tradition and fixed by poets and troubadours many centuries ago, provided the title of two emblematic operas. Tristan and Isolde and Leyli and Majnun appear side by side in his film to demonstrate that despite the “civilizational clash” between the West and the Middle-East (viz. between Christianity and Islam), both constitute not only the avatars of the same archetype but perhaps of the same model of the human psyche.
| Translated title of the contribution | Vasco Araújo’s liebestod or the curse of romantic love in four Acts |
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| Original language | Multiple languages |
| Title of host publication | Liebestod |
| Subtitle of host publication | amor e morte, de Vasco Araújo |
| Place of Publication | Porto |
| Publisher | Sismógrafo |
| Pages | 72-83 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-989-54669-5-5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- Vasco Araújo
- Amor
- Liebestod
- Arte contemporânea
- Vídeo