Theatre is artifice. It employs codes, it relies on cultural knowledge, understanding and/or familiarity to be effective as comment, protest, enquiry, celebration. As Nora Amin writes:
“We believe in the concept of a collective, universal and intersectional imagination with threads interweaving between various cultures and popular creativities.… the discovery of light, shadow and its play are among the most ancient revelations of the human mind along its journey of maturity and growth…” (Amin, Shadow Theatre and the Imaginary in Contemporary Egypt, in The Theatre Times,11 March 2020. https://thetheatretimes.com/author/n-amin/)
This panel will share and discuss moments in performances, events and storytelling located within specific cultures and places. Our focus is on the intersection of performative spaces, underrepresented geographical locations, and emerging cultural identities.
Participants are invited to consider how, in a time of increasing global and generalised cultural reference points, we can respect and value the particular and located? Within the conversation we hope for space to learn or intuit a little more about our own individual vocabularies of belonging.
To facilitate participation from a variety of different contexts and locations, presentations may be in-person or live/recorded. Proposals are welcomed in the form of abstracts of up to 300 words, or visual descriptions in ppt form. The call for this session is to find and introduce, rather than to talk/write about…...
Proposals and enquiries should be sent to: research@oistat.org
Deadline: April 25, 2022
Responding to the respective aims and concerns of both Tanja Beer’s Ecoscenography: an introduction to ecological design for performance, and the Theatres Trust and ABTT’s The Theatre Green Book project, this panel invites presentation of publications ranging from papers, blogs and chapters to manuals and resource lists, in order to consider individual eco-practice as well as the collaborative approaches of increasing numbers of performance companies and suppliers. Our focus on ‘works in progress’ is a reflection of the ongoing research, development and experiment in this area, as well as the ‘reflection-in and on action’ essential to all areas of design and making for performance. This Panel connects with the Eco-Lounge initiative of the SBTD Sustainability Working Group from the UK which will showcase Sustainable Practice resources and publications of all scales and styles.
To facilitate participation from a variety of different contexts and locations, presentations may be in-person or live/recorded. Proposals are welcomed in the form of abstracts of up to 300 words, or visual descriptions in ppt form. Please only email documents/ppts under 5mb.
Proposals and enquiries should be sent to: research@oistat.org
Deadline: April 25, 2022
This Panel explores the intentions and choices involved in print and e-publishing of theatre and scenography titles. The aim is to encourage the link between professional practice, reflection and dissemination, and hopefully, the enjoyment (with diminishing terror) of sharing philosophies and methodologies.
We invite editors or authors of new titles on design for performance, drawing and performance, historical theatre architecture and technology, published since June 2019, or currently in preparation, to discuss the concepts, process and outcomes of their publishing journeys.
Increasingly 'texts' may take different forms. There are choices as to compiling and presenting information, as well as ways of engaging with the viewer/reader/audience. In particular, e-journals, podcasts and website blogs offer opportunities to develop styles, material and links that have different possibilities, risks, responsibilities and logistics from print. What is their effect on the sector?
Perhaps a core factor is that of time. In contrast to durational events and performance, publications invite the viewer/reader to take their own time, to flick, dwell, compare, reference, put down/close and pick up/open again.
Published titles discussed will be available in the WSD 2022 Bookshop in print or on-line. Where projects are not in English, we aim to collaborate on providing at least sample translations, or descriptive texts in English so that approaches, issues and structures can be shared.
To facilitate participation from a variety of different contexts and locations, presentations may be in-person or live/recorded. Proposals are welcomed in the form of abstracts of up to 300 words, or visual descriptions in ppt form.
Proposals and enquiries should be sent to: research@oistat.org
Deadline: April 25, 2022
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