Contemporary Scenography 2
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
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| 203ESS2 | Z | 2 | 2T | English | summer |
Subject guarantor
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
An important source will be Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space in its transformations. Through analyses of visual and audiovisual materials, and occasionally readings, we will discuss topics, such as scenographic (re)interpretations of the ‘classics’ (Shakespeare, Chekhov, Ibsen); scenography for opera; the art of (re)presenting scenography; scenography and urban space; site-specific and immersive performance; and cultural appropriation/visual stereotyping in performance design and scenography.
Mode of study
Lecture.
Prerequisites and co-requisites
This course is a continuation of Contemporary Scenography.
Course contents
The course focuses on developments and topics in scenography of the last 50 years. Building on and expanding your knowledge from the previous semester, we will continue examining 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.
Recommended or required reading
Aronson, Arnold (ed.): The Routledge Companion to Scenography. Routledge, 2020.
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.
Assessment methods and criteria
Each student will be required to give a 10-15 minute in-class presentation on a selected recent/ contemporary performance maker/artist. The presentation topics and sign-up sheet will be provided in the first week of the semester. Power point presentations featuring images and/or short videos are required.
Further information
This course is an elective for all students of this school
Schedule for winter semester 2021/2022:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
Schedule for summer semester 2021/2022:
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| Wed | 19:00–20:30 | Teaching takes place through the MS Teams application. | lecture parallel1 |