A re-evaluation of the theatrical spaces of the avant-garde in "Event-Space: Theatre Architecture and the Historical Avant-Garde", by Dorita Hannah

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https://doi.org/10.36025/arj.v6i2.18122

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Contemporary art, Theatre architecture, Performance

Abstract

Review of a very daring book by Dorita Hannah, entitled Event-Space: Theatre Architecture and the Historical Avant-Garde. The author is one of the recognized authorities on recent transformations in Performance Design and Space and introduces new space concepts based on Artaud and Bataille, of great interest for contemporary art.

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Author Biography

Evelyn Furquim Werneck Lima, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UNIRIO

Architect. PhD in Cultural History (UFRJ/EHESS). She is a Full Professor at the Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, a researcher for the National Council of Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq) and for the FAPERJ Foundation. She has published numerous articles on History of Architecture, Theatre Architecture, and Cultural Heritage and has presented several papers at international and national conferences. She is the leader of two Research Groups ‘Theatrical Spaces Studies’ and ‘Space, Memory and Urban Planning’. Lima is also the author of Theatre Architecture from the Renaissance to the 21rst Century (2017), Architectures and Set Designs. Lina Bo Bardi and the Theatre (2012, with Monteiro); Architecture and Theatre: From Palladio to Portzamparc (2010 with Cardoso), From the Avant-Gardes to Tradition (2006), Architecture for Performing Arts (2000/ Brazilian Institute of Architects Award), President Vargas Avenue: a drastic surgery (1990/ Olga Verjovski Award). Lima directed the documentary Contemporary Theatre Architecture in the State of Rio de Janeiro (2017) and she was the President of the Organising Commission for ten National Symposia and three International Conferences.

References

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CARLSON, Marvin. Places of Performance. The Semiotics of Theatre Architecture. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1989

CARLSON, Marvin. The Changing Places of Performance. Conferência apresentada no Second International Conference on Architecture, Theatre and Culture - Unirio, Rio de Janeiro, 2012.

HANNAH, Dorita, Event-Space: Theatre Architecture and the Historical Avant-Garde. London: Routledge, 2018.

LEVEBVRE, Henry. The Production of Space. Oxford: Blackwell, 1991 [1974]. Tradução: Donald Nicholson-Smith.

NIETZSCHE, Friedrich, The Birth of Tragedy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008 [1872]. Tradução: Douglas Smith,

SOLÀ MORALES, Ignasi. Architectura Teatral en España, Madrid: MOPU, 1984.

TSCHUMI, Bernard. Architecture and Disjunction. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1996.

WILES, David. A Short History of Western Performance Space. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.

ARJ - Art Research Journal / Revista de Pesquisa em Artes; volume 6, número 2, 2019; capa

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Published

08-12-2019

How to Cite

FURQUIM WERNECK LIMA, E. A re-evaluation of the theatrical spaces of the avant-garde in "Event-Space: Theatre Architecture and the Historical Avant-Garde", by Dorita Hannah. Art Research Journal: Revista de Pesquisa em Artes, [S. l.], v. 6, n. 2, 2019. DOI: 10.36025/arj.v6i2.18122. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufrn.br/artresearchjournal/article/view/18122. Acesso em: 5 jul. 2024.

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Vol. 6 No. 2 (2019): Multidisciplinary Perspectives in the Field of Art | Articles | Reviews

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Reviews

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