Perform Design Act

Performance Design Provocations
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-70542-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 126 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 390 g

Reihe: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

Perform Design Act is a groundbreaking reflection on two decades of Performance Design as a transformative interdisciplinary field, challenging conventional approaches to creative practice and event-making.

This illuminating collection examines the evolution and impact of Performance Design since its establishment as a university subject twenty years ago. The authors, pioneers in this interdisciplinary domain, present provocative insights gained through extensive collaboration with thinkers, artists, and institutions across music, theatre, dance, architecture, and design. Employing critical analysis and innovative expressions, the book explores how Performance Design has developed its theoretical foundations while emerging as a significant art form in its own right. Readers will discover how this field has reshaped approaches to event creation, spatial relationships, and worldbuilding through its unique integration of diverse creative disciplines.

This book will appeal to artists, researchers, educators, and students in spatial, visual, and performing arts programs, as well as those engaged with social and cultural humanities who seek to understand how creative practices intersect with broader societal contexts.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hannah, Dorita

McKenzie, Jon

Harsløf, Olav

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theater: Technik, Bühnentechnik, Einrichtung
• Geisteswissenschaften Design Design: Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Dorita Hannah, Olav Harsløf, and Jon McKenzie

Preface: Who Is Performance Design For? by Rachel Hann

1. Arts and Humanities Go Design: Perform It!
Olav Harsløf

2. Staging Critical Spatial Acts: What Is (a) Theatre Now We Call it Performance?
Dorita Hannah

3. Design or Else: StudioLab, Traumaturgy, and Platform Performativity
Jon McKenzie

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dorita Hannah is a New Zealand-based performance architect, independent academic, visual artist, and designer.

Olav Harsløf is a former principal of the Danish National Theatre School & School of Modern Dance, the Danish National Conversatory of Rhythmic Music, and Performance Design professor at Roskilde University.

Jon McKenzie is a performance theorist, media maker, and transdisciplinary researcher and teacher at Cornell University.