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Il teatro in Sicilia tra XVI e XVIII secolo
2021
The present state of knowledge about Sicilian scenography and theatrical architecture in the modern age is a major obstacle along the path to synthesizing current interpretations in the field. The scarcity of documentary sources, the almost total absence of iconographic evidence, and the destruction suffered by these edifices (starting from the earthquake of 1693) provide an fragmentary picture composed of isolated specimens that are difficult, if not impossible, to decipher. This contribution therefore aims to link together the single traces known to date, in a completely provisional analytical path, stretching from the end of the sixteenth to the end of the eighteenth centuries. In this p…
Od scenografii teatralnej do scenografii społeczno--politycznej
2020
The paper is an attempt at comprehensive conceptualization of the category of ‘social and political scenography’. The author’s reference point are artistic practices (institutional theater, field theater, happenings), various performances, rituals of social life (e.g. funerals), public assemblies, including religious ones, but also different forms of unconventional participation (manifestations, demonstrations). The concept of “performance” was adopted as the common denominator of all these practices. The author tried to prove the thesis, that the social scenography (just like contemporary theater scenography) was not only a decorative background for collective social activities, artistic p…
The theatre today: experimentation and innovation
2013
The use of technology enables theatre to modernize its own language and appeal to a younger audience, one less entrenched in tradition. New generations accept and are open to experimentation in a technological climate, contamination and cross-fertilization between art forms. The use of English terminology is evidence of this (virtual theatre, interactive theatre, computer theatre, webcam theatre, electronic theatre, interfaced theatre, … just to cite a few of the most common terms). What seems evident is that digital multimedia both off-line and on-line has reached the stage and its practice in theatrical live performance is in continuous evolution.