Ideological crisis... a crisis of representation. Is it true that norrative structure creates uniformity in fiction while documentaries can't capture aIl the parts of reality? Do successful new forms exist? Some new work is rooted in the classical arts. Is this a contradiction? Can dancing, drawing and the performing arts help to renew old forms? Can these new forms provoke deeper emotions and make the world more understandable?
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