Norman, Sally Jane (2012) Theatre as an art of emergence and individuation. Architectural Theory Review, 17 (1). pp. 117-133. ISSN 1326-4826

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Abstract

Theatre can be broadly construed as a cultural system for collectively modelling and experiencing life, and thus as manifesting the dynamics inherent to all evolving cultural
systems. Such is the definition underpinning the current paper, written from a theatre scholar’s perspective, and employing as a backdrop Gilbert Simondon’s proposal that
individuation constitutes a kind of theatre. Notions of ‘‘existential pluralism’’ (Etienne Souriau) and ‘‘agential intra-actions’’ (Karen Barad) are used in attempts to identify theatre as a catalyst for the renewal of cultural experience vital for sustaining projective powers of the collective imagination. Theatre architectures ranging from the physically sited to the digitally networked involve unique socio-technical craftsmanship and hodological or wayfaring skills, to allow the emergence of interhuman relations Simondon describes as ‘‘transindividual’’.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Media, Film and Music > Media and Film
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > NA Architecture
Related URLs:	Publisher
Depositing User:	Sally-Jane Norman
Date Deposited:	09 Jul 2012 13:54
Last Modified:	07 Mar 2017 11:00
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/40127

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