Vector directing

Directing in post-gravitational theatre makes use of two strategies “blank-body directing” and “vector directing”.

“Blank-body directing” comes from the conceptualisation of the artwork and the disappearance of corporeality in the process.

“Vector directing”, meanwhile, comes from direct theatre practice where the actor’s and the spectator’s corporeality are in zero gravity conditions. The categorical difference between directing in gravity “1” and gravity “0” is in two basic instants: in the perception of the viewer and the mise-en-scène logic of the actor.

The spectator’s perception of the whole picture in gravity “1” is independent of the attractor’s experience, two-dimensional, poster-like. In gravity “0”, the third dimension is actually and perceptibly opened up to the viewer and the actor. The fourth dimension, “time”, takes place within “theatre time” in both cases.

In building the mise-en-scène, the director’s instruction to the actor to “get into position” is omitted and replaced by “find the vector of movement or standstill”.

posted : Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

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