Theatricality and Performativity

Teemu Paavolainen is Research Fellow in Theatre and Performance at the University of Tampere, Finland. His Theatre/Ecology/Cognition: Theorizing Performer-Object Interaction in Grotowski, Kantor, and Meyerhold was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2012. His articles have appeared in Performance Philosophy, Theatre Symposium, Nordic Theatre Studies, and The Cognitive Humanities (2016).

• 1. Introduction: Theatrical Metaphors, Textile Philosophies.- 2. Emptiness and Excess: The Cave, the Colonnade, and the Cube.- 3. Directorial Perspectives: The Image, the Platform, the Tightrope.- 4. “Revolving It All”: Weaves of Memory in Amadeus and Footfalls.- 5. Smart Homes and Dwelling Machines: Function, Ornament, and Cognition.- 6. Protest in Colour and Concrete: Theatrical Textures in the Urban Fabric.- 7. Knots and Loose Ends: Cycles of Change, Metaphors of Range.