Dynamic Cartography : Body, Architecture, and Performative Space (Hardcover)

Contents List of Figures and Table Acknowledgement Introduction Chapter 1: Body and the surrounding space: scoring body movement 1.1 Introduction: Spatial body rituals 1.2 The representation of movement 1.3 Rudolf Laban: Kinetography as a spatial scoring system 1.4 Scores: The representation of processes 1.5 Scoring: mapping spatial processes 1.6 Experiments Kinetography I: movement notation for one bodyKinetography II: movement scores on stage Kinetography III: movement scores in complex environments 1.7 From surrounding space to geometry Chapter 2: Body and Geometry: Contemporary Rituals 2.1 Introduction: Performativity and Ritual 2.2 Body, space and geometry. Oskar Schlemmer 2.3 The Laboratory of Movement Study ? L.E.M. (Le Laboratoire d’Estude du Mouvement) 2.4 Viewpoints: a spatial composition tool 2.5 ExperimentsDynamic Cartography I: movement analysis in squares and rectanglesDynamic Cartography II: movement analysis in trianglesDynamic Cartography III: movement analysis in a circle 2.6 From surrounding geometry to scenic space Chapter 3: Body and Scenic Space: Ritual Spaces 3.1 Introduction: the origins of space 3.2 Reflections on space 3.3 The Work of Living Art: Radical proposals for the mise-en-scene of Wagnerian drama 3.4 The body in the theatrical space. The Greek theatre 3.5 Atmospheres 3.6 ExperimentsMicro-actions in Greece Strings 3.7 From scenic space to Architectural Programme Chapter 4: Body and Architecture: Spatial Dramaturgies 4.1 Introduction: the Architectural Script 4.2 Once upon a time, a laboratory of fun 4.3 Event and situation 4.4 Performative architecture 4.5 Breaking the architectural fourth wall 4.6 ExperimentsWooosh! A site-specific performance in the city of Winchester 4.7 From Architectural Programme to Landscape Chapter 5: Body and Landscape: Performativity and Social Space 5.1 Introduction: Urban Anthropophagy 5.2 The representation of landscape 5.3 Corpografias (corpographies) and Corpocidade (corpocity) 5.4 The body as a means of artistic expression 5.5 Environmental Art and Thirdspace 5.6 ExperimentsTrellick tales: The Thirdspace of Trellick Tower 5.7 From Landscape to the Surrounding Space 　 Conclusions: Towards the creation of a Dynamic Cartography. An interdisciplinary methodology