Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Foreword by Christopher Balme (LMU Munich, Germany) Scenographic Practices and Aesthetics in Contemporary German Theatre, Arts and Design – An Introduction – Birgit Wiens (LMU Munich, Germany) PART ONE Scenography in and beyond the Theatre: Aesthetics and Epistemes 1 ‘I am trying to add more layers to the story’. From the model to the stage: Artistic thinking and design practices in Aleksandar Denic’s theatre works with Frank Castorf and others – A conversation between Aleksandar Denic (Stage Designer, Belgrade, Serbia) and Birgit Wiens 2 Notes on Bert Neumann’s Stage and Costume Designs: Scenography as a Co-Player and Counterpart in Theatre Performances and Rehearsals – A conversation with Sophie Rois (actress, Berlin, Germany) 3 Scenographic materiality: Agency and Intra-Action in stage designs by Katrin Brack – Joslin McKinney (University of Leeds, UK) 4 Composing scenography: Reflexions on theories, practices and processes of Klaus Gruenberg’s collaborations with Heiner Goebbels and others – Joint contribution by David Roesner (LMU Munich, Germany) and Klaus Gru¨nberg (Stage Designer, Hamburg, Germany) 5 Theatre space after the ?spatial turn’: Moving dynamics of the active spectator – Thomas Irmer (Theatre Critic, Berlin, Germany) PART TWO Circulation of Scenographic Knowledge and Cultural Transfer 6 Notation: On the aesthetic potentials and epistemic functions of scenographic scores – Kirsten Maar (Free University of Berlin, Germany) 7 You cannot not not stage. Scenography – beyond theatre: Scenographic practices in museums, exhibitions and corporate design – Uwe R. Brueckner and Linda Greci (Atelier Brueckner, Stuttgart, Germany) 8 The Art of Thinking and Designing Space. Notes from the Studio – Annett Zinsmeister (Artist, Architect, Berlin, Germany) 9 Don’t be afraid of the art of parCITYpation. Scenographic intervention as social design – Benjamin Foerster-Baldenius (raumlaborberlin, Berlin, Germany) PART THREE Rethinking Scenography 10 The ungovernableness of the scene – Dieter Mersch (Zurich University of the Arts, CH) 11 Scenography and actor-network-theory: Analytical approaches – Wolf-Dieter Ernst (University of Bayreuth, Germany) 12 Scenography: Research, education and training in Germany: Some observations – Thea Hoffmann-Axthelm and Robert Kraatz (Stage Designer/Scenographer, Berlin, Germany) Staging the unknown. Scenography and its future potentials: Preliminary résumé – Serge von Arx (Oslo/Frederikstad, Norway) and Birgit Wiens References Index

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This edited volume of 14 essays provides an introduction to contemporary practices in German scenography.

About the Author

Birgit E. Wiens is the Heisenberg Fellow of the DFG at the University of Munich, Germany.

Reviews

A welcome reminder of the innovative and expansive influence of German scenography and an inspirational vision of scenographic potentiality.
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