• Photography on Stage,  Stage Photography

    Photographie & Arts de la scène (Focales n° 3) : Éditorial

    Chiarelli, Cosimo; Noirot, Julie, «Photographie & Arts de la scène (Focales n° 3) : Éditorial», http://focales.univ-st-etienne.fr, . https://focales.univ-st-etienne.fr/index.php?id=2597 Abstract Alors que l’on a beaucoup insisté, dans les histoires de la photographie, sur l’alliance entre photographie et peinture, celle qui unit photographie et arts du spectacle – qui resurgit de manière inédite et emblématique sur la scène artistique contemporaine – a pendant longtemps été quasiment ignorée pour ne pas dire méprisée. Si la photographie a très souvent été théorisée à partir du modèle pictural, les liens qu’elle tisse avec les arts de la scène, et en particulier avec le théâtre, sont pourtant dès l’origine multiples et féconds – que l’on pense, par exemple, au…

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  • Stage Photography

    O insustentável desejo da memória : incursões na fotografia de teatro em Portugal (1868-1974)

    Figueiredo, Filipe, «O insustentável desejo da memória : incursões na fotografia de teatro em Portugal (1868-1974)». Dissertação de Doutoramento em Estudos Artísticos, ramo de Estudos de Teatro, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa 2015 Abstract O presente estudo tem com objecto a produção de fotografia de teatro em Portugal entre 1868, data das primeiras fotografias, em série, associadas a uma determinada peça, e 1974, que corresponde, simultaneamente, à extinção da companhia Rey Colaço-Robles Monteiro (RC-RM) e ao fim do regime do Estado Novo. Neste contexto histórico, de aproximadamente cem anos, identificam-se as mais significativas práticas da fotografia de teatro, a partir de um vasto trabalho de levantamento e de sistematização de imagens…

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  • Performativity of photography,  Performed Photography

    Theatre and Performance Photography: Documentation and the “unlive”

    Anderson, Joel, «Theatre and Performance Photography: Documentation and the “unlive”». , Queen Mary, University of London, London 2008 Abstract Although theatre and performance photographs often illustrate scholarly works on theatre and performance, and despite recent interest in links between theatre and the still image from both theatre practitioners and theorists, there remains relatively little critical work on theatre photography. This thesis examines theatre photography, implementing approaches that are a departure from habitual conceptions of the photograph as document. Taking the intersection of theatre and photography as a vantage point, this thesis considers how photography might shape theatre rather than recording it, and how this might challenge notions of theatre’s constitution,…

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  • Stage Photography

    The Role of the Performance Document: The Photographic Paradox and the Ephemeral Event

    Simon, Danni E., «The Role of the Performance Document: The Photographic Paradox and the Ephemeral Event». M.A., Sotheby’s Institute of Art – New York, Ann Arbor, United States 2015 Abstract In contemporary artistic practice, there has been a resurgence of performance- based work, resulting in an unprecedented interest in performance documentation. As performance art proliferates and gains admission into the exhibitions and archives of the traditional visual arts institution, the question of how to institutionalize these ephemeral practices comes to the fore. The documentation of performance, specifically the photographic document, has proven to be pivotal in the collection, preservation, and institutionalization of transient art. Now, more than ever before, the…

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  • Photography on Stage,  Stage Photography

    Framing Brecht: Photography and Experiment in the Modellbuecher, “Arbeitsjournale”, and “Kriegsfibel”

    Imbrigotta, Kristopher, «Framing Brecht: Photography and Experiment in the Modellbuecher, “Arbeitsjournale”, and “Kriegsfibel”». Ph.D., , Ann Arbor, United States 2013 Abstract Theater is not just a visual art form but also a performative and interactive one. Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) developed an innovative theater aesthetic that engaged in distinct ways with visual imagery—especially photographs. These images were vital to both the performance aspect and dramaturgical reception of his craft. Photographs figure significantly in his prose and poetry as well as his essayistic work. While scholars have devoted attention to Brecht’s films and his work in other experimental media, few have addressed the fundamental questions I investigate: How does Brecht employ photography…

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