Contemporary Scenography

Birgit E. Wiens is the Heisenberg Fellow of the DFG at the University of Munich, Germany.

• List of IllustrationsForeword by Christopher Balme (LMU Munich, Germany)Scenographic Practices and Aesthetics in Contemporary German Theatre, Arts and Design – An Introduction – Birgit Wiens (LMU Munich, Germany)PART ONE Scenography in and beyond the Theatre: Aesthetics and Epistemes1 ‘I am trying to add more layers to the story’. From the model to the stage: Artistic thinking and design practices in Aleksandar Denic’s theatre works with Frank Castorf and others – A conversation between Aleksandar Denic (Stage Designer, Belgrade, Serbia) and Birgit Wiens2 Notes on Bert Neumann’s Stage and Costume Designs: Scenography as a Co-Player and Counterpart in Theatre Performances and Rehearsals – A conversation with Sophie Rois (actress, Berlin, Germany)3 Scenographic materiality: Agency and Intra-Action in stage designs by Katrin Brack – Joslin McKinney (University of Leeds, UK)4 Composing scenography: Reflexions on theories, practices and processes of Klaus Gruenberg’s collaborations with Heiner Goebbels and others – Joint contribution by David Roesner (LMU Munich, Germany) and Klaus Gru¨nberg (Stage Designer, Hamburg, Germany)5 Theatre space after the ?spatial turn’: Moving dynamics of the active spectator – Thomas Irmer (Theatre Critic, Berlin, Germany)PART TWO Circulation of Scenographic Knowledge and Cultural Transfer6 Notation: On the aesthetic potentials and epistemic functions of scenographic scores – Kirsten Maar (Free University of Berlin, Germany)7 You cannot not not stage. Scenography – beyond theatre: Scenographic practices in museums, exhibitions and corporate design – Uwe R. Brueckner and Linda Greci (Atelier Brueckner, Stuttgart, Germany)8 The Art of Thinking and Designing Space. Notes from the Studio – Annett Zinsmeister (Artist, Architect, Berlin, Germany)9 Don’t be afraid of the art of parCITYpation. Scenographic intervention as social design – Benjamin Foerster-Baldenius (raumlaborberlin, Berlin, Germany)PART THREE Rethinking Scenography10 The ungovernableness of the scene – Dieter Mersch (Zurich University of the Arts, CH)11 Scenography and actor-network-theory: Analytical approaches – Wolf-Dieter Ernst (University of Bayreuth, Germany)12 Scenography: Research, education and training in Germany: Some observations – Thea Hoffmann-Axthelm and Robert Kraatz (Stage Designer/Scenographer, Berlin, Germany) Staging the unknown. Scenography and its future potentials: Preliminary résumé – Serge von Arx (Oslo/Frederikstad, Norway) and Birgit Wiens References Index

A welcome reminder of the innovative and expansive influence of German scenography and an inspirational vision of scenographic potentiality.