Aesthetic experience and perceptual trajectory of spectators in the theater of the city of Buenos Aires.

Abstract

This article is a reflection on the scope of the aesthetic experience in the perceptual trajectory of theater spectators that occurs in the city of Buenos Aires. We start from Jean Marie Schaeffer's definition of aesthetic experience to deepen aspects of theatrical expectation linked to attention, emotion and taste. As in previous works, we are guided by the interest in approaching the study of the viewer not based on the effect that the work generates but rather based on the opening of the perceptual field and the impact that this opening has on perceptual self-learning. We use the Benjaminian figures of the student and the astrologer to distinguish the focalization and open perceptual activity of a hypothetical spectator of the Buenos Aires theater. Finally, we invite you to think about the relationship between the aesthetic experience and the dynamism of the imaginaries.