A Manifesto on Scenography: Scenographic Rhetoric
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Scenographic Rhetoric
Dr. Rachel Hann
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Design
Scenography
Scenographic
Performance
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Scenografi
Scenografia
Scénografie
Scénographie
Anglophone Lexicon circa 1950:
Scenic Design
Stage Design
Theatre Design
Set Design
Or, just Design
Escenografía
Scenografija
Bühnenbauer
Scenovedenie
Scenography
Debating Scenography: Points of Departure
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Even though the practice has existed for hundreds of years in various forms, as a term ‘scenography’ is relatively new and still unfamiliar. It has superseded the phase ‘theatre design’, for ‘scenography’ denotes the integrated work on all elements of a production, from costumes though soundscapes to masks, a breath which the expressions ‘stage design’, ‘scenic design’ and ‘theatre design’ cannot encompass.
(Allain and Harvie 2006: 203)
Debating Scenography: Points of Departure
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While the word has to some a faintly pretentious ring to it (some
seeing a too-foreign influence in its use), others are beginning to
see the real differences that lie between scenographer and
scenic designer.
(Payne 1994: xxi)
Debating Scenography: Points of Departure
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One might argue that scenography has become the principle dramaturgy of performance-making – perhaps close to a direct translation of scaena and graphos ‘drawing with the scene’ – where all aspect of ‘the scene’ (scenic space, embodied action, material, clothes, light and sound) may become the materials laid out on the performance-maker’s ‘palette’.
(Baugh 2013: 240)
Debating Scenography: Points of Departure
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a manifesto …
Scenography with a ‘y’ / why Scenography?
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Scenography is 'of the theatre'.
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Scenography is one ‘discipline of the stage’
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Scenography is not set: scenography is active, in a state of revelation.
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Within the expanded field of Performance Design, scenography rereads as 'to graphos scenarios'.
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Scenography denotes the relational practice that occurs
between/betwixt the design(ed) elements (light, environment, object,
sound, costume).
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'Scenography' denotes the relational practice that occurs between/betwixt the design(ed) elements
(light, environment, object, sound, costume).
a manifesto …
Scenography with a ‘y’ / why Scenography?
Scenography is 'of the theatre'.
Within the expanded field of Performance Design, scenography rereads as 'to graphos scenarios'.
Scenography is not set: scenography is active, in a state of revelation.
'Scenography' is one ‘discipline of the stage’.
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Scenographic Practices
beyond the theatre
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The public realm is the performative realm. […] Perhaps,
though, the idea explains too much and too conveniently.
The temptation needs to be tempered, and the claims
particularized. (Davis and Postlewait 2002: 29)
Arguing the ‘Scenographic’: Points of Departure
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Arguing the ‘Scenographic’: Points of Departure
John Smith
The Girl Chewing Gum
(1976)
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The term ‘scenographic' denotes a practice that evokes the methods of scenography, but is not necessarily
'of the theatre'.
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Blast Theory
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Blast Theory
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A 'scenographic' perspective focuses on the agency of design practices in a
state of revelation.
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Fivemiletown, Northern Ireland
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Fivemiletown, Northern Ireland
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Fivemiletown, Northern Ireland
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Fivemiletown, Northern Ireland
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Anthem, Paris
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While not all design is 'scenographic', it is productive to consider how a
scenographic perspective operates beyond the theatre in order to grow
the critical distinctiveness of scenography (within the theatre).
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Ai Wei Wei, Venice Biennial
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Ai Wei Wei, Venice Biennial
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While not all design is 'scenographic', it is productive to consider how a scenographic perspective operates beyond the theatre in order to grow the critical distinctiveness of scenography (within the theatre).
Principles of a ‘Scenographic’ Perspective
The term ‘scenographic' denotes a practice that evokes the methods of scenography, but is not necessarily 'of the theatre'.
A 'scenographic' perspective focuses on the agency of design practices in a state of revelation.
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Holiday Snaps …
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Allain, P. and Harvie, J. (2006) The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Performance, London: Routledge
Baugh, C. (2013) Theatre, Performance and Technology: The development and transformation of scenography, [2nd edition] Basingstoke: Palgrave
Bradby, D. and Sparks, A. (1997) Mise en Scène: French Theatre Now, London: Methuen
Davis, T. C. and Postlewait , T. eds. (2002) Theatricality, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Payne, D. R. (1994) The Scenographic Imagination, [3rd edition] Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press
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