#PublikumsbeschimpfungQuoVadis2021? : Eine Gegenüberstellung der Publikumsbeschimpfung von Peter Handke und der Video-Kunstaktion #allesdichtmachen

Sammanfattning: The present work attempts to highlight the difference in perception among the audience in digital and analog arenas by comparing the play Offending the Audience by Peter Handke, the filmed staged version thereof, directed by Claus Peymann in 1966 and the video performance #allesdichtmachen (2021). The aim is to discern in what respects these works are similar, where they diverge and whether there is a lowest common denominator, which makes a particular aesthetic representation of the content relevant to the audience. Furthermore the question is raised whether, and how, a new sense of responsibility for the creators and audiences arises from new habits of reception. Can the digital consumer provide a significant opportunity for live theatre, struggling in the shadow of the Covid-19 crises, by helping it regain its role as a brilliant entertainer, important custodian and mediator of arts and culture?