From designer through space to spectator : tracking an imaginative exchage between the actants of a scenographic event

The aim of this enquiry is to deepen the understanding of the author's practice as theatre designer, scenographer and visual dramaturge in a postdramatic milieu. This study creates a theoretical frame for a research-led performance that is especially dependent on the release of 'active energies of imagination' (Lehmann, 2006:16). The performance will take the form of a scenographic event,which does not depend on 'the principles of narration and figuration' (Lehmann, 2006:18). Instead it relies on a 'visual dramaturgy ' in which just as in front of a painting, activates the dynamic capacity of the gaze to produce processes, combinations and rhythms on the basis of the data provided by the stage' (Lehmann, 2006:157). The study proposes that the release of 'active energies of imagination' (2006:16) extends beyond the space of the live event, tracking its origin to the interaction between the designer and the materials of her art.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Drama

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• Louw, Illka

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11200

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11200