Toward a large-scale environmental performance

The theatrical experience can no longer be limited by the confines of a conventional performance space if it is to continue being fresh, lively and spontaneous. Today the developments in electronic imagery systems have broadened the language in the theatrical arena. As a result, performance can even reach beyond earthly communication. In order to understand the role of performance outside preconceived notions of theater, it is important to see it in a larger framework. My proposal attempts a step toward the fusion of performance and environment. I hope to state the potential for "gestural statement" (within a performance framework) on a large scale. One part of the thesis will be a written historical account of large-scale performance which has been integrated in the environment. The second part will be a performance of my own design-- the Woods Hole Inflatable Performance Sculpture (WHIPS).

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

1985

Author dc:creator

• Goldman, Jonathan, M.S.V.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Otto Piene.

• Architecture.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74313

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/74313