An intimate spectacle : dispersing the theatre : an essay presented in partial fulfillment of the degree of Master of Design, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand

Burrell, Sarah

An intimate spectacle : dispersing the theatre : an essay presented in partial fulfillment of the degree of Master of Design, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand

dc.contributor.author	Burrell, Sarah
dc.date.accessioned	2011-08-25T04:01:18Z
dc.date.available	2011-08-25T04:01:18Z
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.description	Sound files available with hard copy
dc.description.abstract	An Intimate Spectacle examines the intersection between the spectacle of the theatrical event and the subjective experience of the audience member or ‘participant’. Departing from the dynamics of spectatorship prescribed by the traditional theatre, this exploration begins to wander through the rough and surprising terrain of the city in search of an intimate form of participation. This body of work has been explored and disseminated through a series of urban workshops and performances in which a solitary participant is guided on a self-directed exploration of the city. Equipped with sound (mp3 players) and material (objects and suggestions) the individuals are invited to conduct interventions that cause them to perform a personal relationship with their urban surroundings. Participants become tourists of the everyday, dispersing traces of performance that reveal a mythic dimension in the habitual city. Theatre is typified by binary distinctions: the stage and the auditorium, the fictional and the real, the prop and the object, and the actor and the audience. As this discourse moves outside the theatre, these distinctions begin to dissolve. The roles of the actor and the audience are disestablished through the design of performances comprised solely of participants who conduct their experience through interventions and enactments.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10179/2632
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Massey University	en_US
dc.rights	The Author	en_US
dc.subject	Theatre	en_US
dc.subject	Spectacle	en_US
dc.subject	Audience	en_US
dc.subject	Participant	en_US
dc.subject	Performance	en_US
dc.subject	Tourism	en_US
dc.subject	Urban exploration	en_US
dc.title	An intimate spectacle : dispersing the theatre : an essay presented in partial fulfillment of the degree of Master of Design, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
massey.contributor.author	Burrell, Sarah
thesis.degree.discipline	Design
thesis.degree.grantor	Massey University
thesis.degree.level	Masters
thesis.degree.name	Master of Design (M.Des.)