Dorita Hannah is an architect and scenographer, Associate Professor at Massey University's College of Creative Arts in New Zealand. Olav Harslof is Professor at Roskilde University's Department of Performance Design in Denmark. He has previously headed the Danish National Schools of Theatre and Dance, as well as the Rhythmic Music Conservatory and has rusted exhibitions at the Royal Danish Library.
"One hell of a book, throughout its 300 pages poking and prodding
the general question of what exactly is being placed in the frame,
in the mise-en-scène, in terms of both sight and sound, and to be
viewed from exactly which vantage points. . . . This cornucopia of
a book, in a collection which is richly and intelligently laid out
and illustrated, generously throws questions at us, asking
throughout why we are so rigidly fixed to cultural practices,
professional or amateur, that are still defined by separations
between this and that: art, theatre, music, film, literature,
science, business, education, community, politics. . . . This book
helped me realise further how far we've come in the range of our
thinking on this score since when one of the best questions we
could provide might once have been building wood and canvas sets
for amateur dramatics."--John Downie "Illusions"
"Peppered with detailed photographs and intriguing sketches, this
uniquely tactile book is an anthology of how the established
concepts of performance studies are being applied to the
investigation of designed environments. With erudite theoretical
accounts augmented by visual essays, it locates the question of the
performative within a wider discourse on design and encounter. . .
. As a whole, the collection traces, with scholarly conviction and
artistic ease, how the remit of scenography has begun to wander
outside the conventional boundaries of the stage. From fine art to
architecture, students and scholars alike will undoubtedly benefit
from its lucid arguments, visual descriptions, and the idea that
the 'autonomous art object' has been surpassed by the 'dynamic
principle of embodied spatio-temporal event.'"--Rachel Hann
"Journal of Theatre Research International"
"The volume is beautifully illustrated with powerful and evocative
photographic images of completed projects as well as examples of
drawing as process. . . . This thought provoking book makes an
important contribution to current discourses in the expanding field
of performance and scenography. It confirms the imaginative links
that are being made across disciplines as well as articulating the
need for informed critical analysis of these emerging practices. It
provides a valuable resource to students at all levels and to
practitioners working in design and performance, but its relevance
extends beyond the arts into science, technology, and global
politics." --Jane Collins, Wimbledon College of Art
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