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Creating Resonance in Emptiness with Visual Theatre: How the Metaphorical Potential of Puppets, Objects and Images in Theatre Can Be Used to Explore the Constructed Nature of Reality and the Complexity of the Self
Author Younge, Janni (著)
Date2007.03.30
Pages122
PublisherUniversity of Cape Town
Publisher Url https://www.uct.ac.za/
LocationCape Town, South Africa [開普敦, 南非]
Content type博碩士論文=Thesis and Dissertation
Language英文=English
Degreemaster
InstitutionUniversity of Cape Town
DepartmentTheatre and Performance
AdvisorFleishman, Mark
Publication year2007
AbstractThe aim of this explication is to set my practical theatre research, and the production Dolos in particular, in a theoretical framework and performance historical context. Since the central theme of Dolos is the construction of reality and the consequent attachment to aspects of the self, my study draws on the ideas proposed by Phenomenology and Madhyamaka Buddhist philosophy.According to these two philosophical systems, the concept of reality is subjective and relative. This leads me to question the functioning of meaning-making in artistic practice. Metaphor is explored as a vehicle for the meaning-making process and for the creation of resonant experience in theatre and performance. The production style of Dolos is one that I have defined as Visual Theatre, a theatre of puppets, objects, visual and theatrical images. Visual Theatre is examined in the context of theatre as an artistic medium; it is then contextualised in terms of its 20th development through the Century; and definitions are offered of the major elements at play within Visual Theatre. A series of interviews conducted with five creator/ directors from four South African companies working in the general terrain of Visual Theatre is used to contextualise current practice in South Africa and to locate my own work. The interviews are used to establish trends of thought around the object/puppet and its relationship in theatre to constructed reality. The views of these practitioners on their own creative process as well as my observations about their practical work are used as examples throughout.
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