1st Edition
The Scenography of Howard Barker The Wrestling School Aesthetic 1998-2011
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Two Decades of Scenographic Imagination
Approaching Scenographic Analysis through Aesthetics
From Wagner, Appia, and Craig to Wilson, Goebbels, and Barker
Chapter 1: Space and Place
1.1. Landscape Plays
1.2. Chamber plays:
1.3. Conclusion: not nowhere, but…
Chapter 2: Light and Darkness
2.1. Chiaroscuro and Side-Lighting
2.2. The Ganzfeld effect and the Limits of Perception
Chapter 3: Costume and Styling
3.1. Material Matters
3.2. The Body (Un)Dressed
3.3. Grades of Likeness
Chapter 4: Sound and Silence
4.1. (In)Human Voices and De-naturalised Sounds
4.2. Ubiquity and the End of Meaning
Conclusion
Appendix
References
Index
Biography
Lara Maleen Kipp is an early career researcher, scenographer, and theatre practitioner. Her PhD at Aberystwyth University engaged in an aesthetic analysis of Howard Barker’s scenography. Previously, she completed a Master’s degree in Practising Theatre & Performance and a joint BA (Hons) in Scenography & Theatre Design and Drama & Theatre Studies. Her work experiences include Vivienne Westwood Studios, the Salzburg Opera Festival, and a lectureship at the University of Derby. She has published with Intellect, De Gruyter, Palgrave Macmillan, Sorbonne University, and Taylor & Francis. Her research interests include scenography, voice and performance, and contemporary European Theatre.
