Space and Materiality: Performing Place
CHUM 317
Fall 2015
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01
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| Crosslisting:
THEA 357 |
Scenography explores and shapes the material world in and through the performative event. In site-specific performances, it transforms place and time to create an alternative reality in which the materiality of the artistic design and the performer's body intervene in the architecture of a place and the spectator's reception of meaning. In this course, we will study site interventions through the lens of street performance, immersive theater, and the theatrical apparatus to build a theoretical and hands-on understanding of the material potential and limitations of the four key elements involved in the scenographic project--artistic design, the actor's body, local architecture, and time.
This course is divided in four units: (1) site-specific interventions; (2) street performance; (3) immersive theater; and (4) theatrical apparatus. Each unit includes scholarly readings, assignments in performance and scenography, and a response paper. The final project for the course is a performance intervention devised for a particular site on campus that demonstrates the student's cumulative grasp of site specificity, scenography, and materiality. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA THEA |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (THEA) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Elaine Aston and Bryan Reynolds, eds., PERFORMING SITE-SPECIFIC THEATRE POLITICS, PLACE AND PRACTICE, Palgrave, 2012.
Jan Cohen-Cruz, ed., RADICAL STREET PERFORMANCE, AN INTERNATIONAL ANTHOLOGY, Routledge 2013
Selected articles and artist work.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Class participation and attendance 20%, Readings 30%, Practical Assignments 30%. Final project 20% |
| Instructor(s): Oteíza,Marcela Times: ..T.... 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: FEAS SEM; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 2 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 4 | JR non-major: 4 | SO: 2 | FR: X |
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