Can Theater and Media Speak the Same Language?
- Aristotle- “That spectacle is the least artistic aspect of theater"
- Technology is not helpful to stenography, “unless its intent is specifically to create a sense of dislocation and disjunction, or to draw upon the cultural signification of film and video in our media saturated age”
- Theater is the only medium that is directly possible to be what is trying to be. Different from photography which is an image of something in the past- the theater allows the actors, sets, and props to imitate things that are outside where they are while still being a 3 dimensional space.
- The inability to project images to “fit” the stage creates a disconnect between real time and stage time- makes it impossible for the audience to bring the two together.
- The eye loses its ability as an information perceiver
o The change in time/ space because of the contrast between the current reality of the stage and the past reality of the photo
- There is a disconnect between film and the stage because film works by overwhelming our senses to become the complete reality before us, When is projected onto a stage, or rather onto a wall of the stage it becomes only a part of the combined reality with the actors- thus losing its ability to move people.
- The stage represents a possibility of infinite location- by using a still image (we people already know is a captures shot of a larger place or event) it limits the possibilities of the setting and opportunities of the stage.
- There are times when media can be used in theater- specifically when it is being used as a means of disorienting the audience. There are examples- Wooster group, Collapsible Giraffe, and Radio Hole all use media as a means of throwing the audience off balance.
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