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Hospital clown
Vláčilová, Michaela ; PETIŠKOVÁ, Ladislava (advisor) ; HALAŠ, Adam (referee)
Brief characteristic:
The aim of the present thesis is to describe the Zdravotni klaun civic association, namely the work of the clowns themselves - zdravotni klaun, or "health clowns", i.e. artists visiting children and adult hospital patients. It amounts to a new creative discipline practiced by young artists, who, in their clown hospital visits, employ selected artistic approaches to benefit the health condition of the patients or people suffering from various ailments. This humane institution using artistic methods is already considered a part of the healing process in the hospitals, most notably where serious diseases are concerned. The artists use their original approach to heighten the patients' spirits and, primarily, to elicit laughter, which sets off supportive bodily functions augmenting the effects of treatment. This thesis offers an essential research into this new and developing discipline, drawing on direct experiences of the artists involved in the field in an effort to abstract summarising conclusions and to use their experience to shed more light on the character of this new discipline.
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