Contemporary Scenography - Module
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 203SSM | credit | 1 | 5 lecture hours (45 min) of instruction per semester, 21 to 26 hours of self-study | English | winter |
Subject guarantor
Name of lecturer(s)
Contents
Classes take place online via MS Teams on 9 November , 16 November , 23 November , 30 November and 7 December 2023 always at 18.00 to 19.30
teaching by Dr. Barbora Příhodová
1.Nov 9
Introduction to the course; Contemporary (Expanded) Scenography and Performance Design: Framing concepts, questions, and problems; Prague Quadrennial
2.Nov 16
Visual Dramaturgy and Postdramatic Theatre: Robert Wilson, Romeo Castellucci, Wooster Group
3.Nov 23
Post-anthropocentric approaches and scenographic installation: Katrin Brack; Heiner Goebbels and Klaus Grünberg
4.Nov 30
Sustainability in Performance Design and Ecoscenography: Tanja Beer and others
5.Dec 7
Costume as the Protagonist: projects Extreme Costume, Tribes, Costume Agency
Learning outcomes
This course focuses on selected developments and topics in scenography of the last 50 years. We will examine practices, styles, and artistic and ideological principles of theater makers in Europe and beyond who have used performance space and design in new, unconventional ways to contest the aesthetic, and sometimes political, norms of their communities. An important source will be Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space in its transformations; through discussions of visual and audiovisual materials, as well as readings, we will analyze the works of scenographers, directors, and theatre collectives, such as Katrin Brack, Romeo Castellucci, Heiner Goebbels and Klaus Grünberg, Robert Wilson, or Wooster Group. We will also explore ‘theoretical’ concepts and topics, including ‘scenography’ itself, visual dramaturgy, ecoscenography, and costume agency.
Prerequisites and other requirements
None.
Literature
Aronson, Arnold (ed.): The Routledge Companion to Scenography. Routledge, 2020.
Barbieri, Donatella. Costume in Performance: Materiality, Culture, and the Body. Bloomsbury, 2017.
Hann, Rachel: Beyond Scenography. Routledge, 2019.
Hannah, Dorita and Harsløf Olav: Performance Design. Museum Tusculanum Press, 2008.
McKinney, Joslin and Phillip Butterworth: The Cambridge Introduction to Scenography. Cambridge University Press, 2015.
McKinney, Joslin and Scott Palmer: Scenography Expanded: An Introduction to Contemporary Performance Design. Methuen/Bloomsbury, 2017.
Wiens, Birgit E. Contemporary Scenography: Practices in German Theatre, Arts and Design. Methuen/Bloomsbury, 2019.
PQ Catalogues and on-line PQ Archive.
Additional materials will be shared in class.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Participation in 4 lectures out of 5 is a condition for the credit.
Further information
This course is an elective for all students of this school
Schedule for winter semester 2023/2024:
| Date | Day | Time | Tutor | Location | Notes | No. of paralel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09.11.2023 | 18:00–19:30 | Jan ŠTĚPÁNEK | parallel1 | |||
| 16.11.2023 | 18:00–19:30 | Jan ŠTĚPÁNEK | parallel1 | |||
| 23.11.2023 | 18:00–19:30 | Jan ŠTĚPÁNEK | parallel1 | |||
| 30.11.2023 | 18:00–19:30 | Jan ŠTĚPÁNEK | parallel1 | |||
| 07.12.2023 | 18:00–19:30 | Jan ŠTĚPÁNEK | parallel1 |
Schedule for summer semester 2023/2024:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
The subject is a part of the following study plans
- Stage Design (B.A.) (optional subject)
- Scenography - Theatre Scenography (M.A.) (optional subject)
- Scenography - Film Scenography (M.A.) (optional subject)
- Scenography - Costume and Mask (M.A.) (optional subject)