#Abstract1

STRANGERS TO OURSELVES is an attempt at defining identity in artistic activity context. An introduction to deliberations contained herein has been offered in an array of writings by 20th-century philosophers and theoreticians exploring the potential of defining contemporary human identity. This paper discusses works by authors representing assorted fields of art, their specificity and approach to identity rendering accounted for as well. The human body and human capacity for motion have also become a point of departure for expanding awareness of the author’s own activity. The pivotal subject was also an opportunity to propose an auteur intervention concerning art, and engage in dialogue with contemporaneous definitions of identity.

Keywords: #identity #awareness #body #contemporary #art

#Abstract2

STRANGERS TO OURSELVES is the title of a thesis exploring the theme of contemporary human identity, and forms and options of showcasing it. His experience as the focal backdrop, the artist attempts to define identity through proprietary artistic practice wherein the body and bodily motion are recognised as the pivotal matter for exploring personal physicality. The resulting work has assumed the form of a creative laboratory wherein the performer and visual arts have contributed to developing an individual position regarding the discussed issue (the identity of an individual presented through the identity of motion).

Keywords: #identity #awareness #body #contemporary #art