[spectre] ZKM/Symposium FUTURE THEATRE

[Andrea Buddensieg]

ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe
ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
2003-01-08





S y m p o s i u m:

FUTURE THEATRE

Sat.-Sun. 18-19 January 2003


Organized by:
ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, HfG Karlsruhe/Department of
Scenography 
and schauspielfrankfurt in conjunction with the Institut für
Theaterwissenschaft, 
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich. 

Concept: Birgit Wiens

F U T U R E  T H E A T R E, in a two-day symposium dealing specifically
with theater, takes up the theme of the exhibition "FUTURE CINEMA The
Cinematic Imaginary after Film", pursuing the question as to how much
the old medium of theater, in its various forms, and with its concepts
of narration, dramaturgy, space, time, reception/interaction influences
the new narrative forms in the internet, in computer games, etc. 
Already at the beginning of the 1990’s Brenda Laurel emphasized in her
book "Computers as Theatre” a possible model function of theater for the
structuring and presentation of "content” in the new media.  On the
other hand, the forms of communication which have crystallized from out
of the media, likewise have effects on theater, opening new varieties,
which may be described using the term "intermediality of theater” (Petra
M. Meyer).

The symposium aims to provide an interim balance on the subject.  What
is going on in this field located somewhere between theater,
installation, film, and net art?  What projects exist which are often
overlooked in the discourse on media theory and, for practical reasons, 
likewise scarcely find a place in the season’s theater schedules? 
Invited to take part  are theater and media critics as well as selected
artists who will introduce their projects—projects which were created
and realized from out of the theater and which will enrich the
discussion on the media arts in specific ways with new experiences and ideas.
The lectures will be held in German.


L o c a t i o n:  ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie
Karlsruhe, Medientheater, Lorenzstraße 19, 76135 Karlsruhe
I n f o r m a t i o n:  http://www.zkm.de   /   +49 (0)721/81 00-12 01
D a y  p a s s:  € 15/8, two days € 20/12 
(The entry tickets are also valid for entrance to the exhibition "FUTURE
CINEMA The Cinematic Imaginary after Film" (until 03-03-30)
R e s e r v a t i o n:  ZKM-Infotheke +49 (0)721/81 00-12 00


P r o g r a m:

Sat. 18 January 2003

11:00 am Welcoming remarks
Peter Weibel, (ZKM), Elisabeth Schweeger, (schauspielfrankfurt) and
Michael Simon (HfG Karlsruhe/Dep’t of Scenography)

Lectures
11.30 am   section 1:  Computers as Theatre

Carl Hegemann, (Volksbühne Berlin): Dinopark und Cyberspace: Funktionen
des Theaters

Tilman Sack, (chattheater Leonce & Lena, Berlin/St. Poelten): Drei
Medien - Eine Vision: Ein Spiel mit Text, Sprache und Handlung im
Internet, auf der Bühne 
und im Radio

Gisela Mueller, (theatermaschine.net, Munich): ‘Wo eine Masche, da ist
es kalt; wo ein Knoten, da ist es warm’ (Estn. Sprichwort). Von
vernetzten Spielräumen und der Inszenierung des Disparaten

Herbert Fritsch, (Volksbühne Berlin): hamlet_X [(theater.film.internet).projekt]

Roundtable Discussion
3:00 pm   section 2:  From Think Tank to Executive Tank

Theater im Brennpunkt oder Theater am Scheideweg? Ästhetische
Orientierungen in der darstellenden Kunst

Elisabeth Schweeger, (schauspielfrankfurt)
Wanda Golonka, (Choreographer, Frankfurt)
Ingrid von Wantoch-Rekowsi, (Scenographer, Brussels)
Nicolas Stemann, (freelance director, Hamburg/Berlin)
Michael Simon, (HfG Karlsruhe/Dep’t of Scenography)


Sun. 19 January 2003

Lectures
11:00 am   section 3:  Theatre, Intermediality, Digital Divide

Johannes Odenthal, (Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin): Interkulturalität-Medien-Emanzipation

Wolfgang Bergmann, (theaterkanal/3sat, Mainz): Operation Theaterkanal:
elektronische Bühne - Medienverbund für Theater - kulturelles Gedächtnis

Michael Simon, (HfG Karlsruhe/Dep’t of Scenography): Die mediale Bühne -
am Beispiel von Peter Greenaways Oper "Writing to Vermeer"

Helena Waldmann, (freelance director, Berlin): "Dieses Switchen zwischen
den Welten..." - Forschung auf dem Feld der Blicke

Lectures
2:00 pm   section 4:  Theater-Research-Laboratories

Christopher Balme, (Dep’t of Theatrescience, University of Mainz):
Theater und andere Medien: Zum internationalen Forschungsprogramm
‚Performance und Media Studies’ der Universität Mainz

Sabine Mitterecker, (director) / Uwe Mattheiss, (dramaturge, critic,
Vienna): Theatre is not dead, it just smells funny

Andreas Breitscheid, (Forum Neues Musiktheater, Staatsoper Stuttgart):
Forum Neues Musiktheater an der Staatsoper Stuttgart - Etablierung einer
Laborsituation für neue musikalische und theatralische Formen im Musiktheater

Presentation
Bernd Lintermann: Der Jude von Malta, opera project of the Munich
Biennale, in cooperation with ZKM | Institute for Visual Media

Concluding discussion 
Moderation: Birgit Wiens and Peter M. Boenisch, (both Dep’t of
Theatrescience, Ludwigs-Maximilian-University Munich)




-- 
Dr. Andrea Buddensieg

Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Leitung
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