International Conference
DRAMATIC ARCHITECTURES: Places of Power and Places of Freedom
ESAP Auditorium | December 4-6, 2024
PROGRAM
DECEMBER 4
9h00 – Participant’s reception
9h15 – Welcome session
9h30 – Panel 1: PROBLEMS OF PLACE | Chair: Maria Helena Maia
Placeness as Performative making of space | Aleksandar Dundjerovic and María J. Martínez Sánchez (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Robert Gordon University, United Kingdom)
The project 'Non-Places to New Spaces' | Timothy Percival and Andrea Tiberi (LSBU, London, United Kingdom)
10h30 – Coffee Break
11h00 – Panel 2: TRANSFORMING THE SPACES OF PERFORMANCE | Chair: María J. Martínez Sánchez
Theater as Revolt: The Case of Teatro Emarginato in Milan (1976-1977) | Andrea Capriolo (Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy)
Creative Practices and Power Dynamics: Reflections on Art and Urban Regeneration in a Small South Korean City | Seojae Park (Ajou University, South Korea)
Reception of Different Stylistic Idioms in the Ephemeral/Dramatic Festive Architecture of St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague (Czech Republic)| Katja Schroeck (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
12h30 – Lunch Break
14h00 – Keynote speaker – André Amálio (Hotel Europa) |The participative documentary theatre work of Hotel Europa in the case of the Mine project | Chair: Jorge Palinhos
15h30 – Panel 3: STAGES OF RESISTANCE | Chair: Diogo Liberano
Rossi’s floating Teatro del Mondo and resilient reconstruction of La Fenice Theatre | Evelyn Furquim Werneck Lima (The Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro-UNIRIO, Brazil)
The conquest of the linear dramatic space as a place of community (re)action: Teatro Oficina by Lina Bo Bardi and Edson Elito | Josefina González Cubero (ETSAVA, UVA, Spain) and Leonor de Meer González (ATD, AHK, Netherlands)
Reimagining Theatrical Spaces: Lina Bo Bardi’s Teatro Oficina as an Urban Stage and Site of Public Engagement | Francesca Rigato (University of Milan, Italy)
17h – Coffee Break
17h30 – Panel 4: ARCHITECTURES OF PERFORMANCE | Chair: Luísa Pinto
ABBA: Voyage – Parachute Architecture in Olympicopolis | Claudia Brazzale and Lynne Mccarthy (University of East London, United Kingdom)
Desiring the Homeland in Architectural Space: Spatiotemporal Performativity in the Milanese Armenian Avant-Garde | Francesco Rossetti (University of Milan, Italy)
“Theatral” Frameworks: Rituals and rebellions in Melbourne’s designed public spaces | Thirunesha Naidoo (University of Melbourne, Australia)
DECEMBER 5
9h00 – Panel 5: CHALLENGING THE PLACES OF POWER | Chair: Irene Mahugo Amaro
(Un)learn museum architecture: A critical spatial debate | Marie Dewey (Independent Scholar, Germany)
Theatrical Spaces and Autonomy: A Case Study on the Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City (1963-64) in the context of the Democratization of the Museum | Johanna Wurz (University of Kassel, Germany)
Reimagining Istanbul's Theaters: Spaces of Resistance and Transformation | Aycan Kizilkaya (Istanbul Technical University, Turkiye)
10h30 – Coffee Break
11h00 – Panel 6: TRANSGRESSIVE PERFORMANCES | Chair: Inês Moreira
Shadow Zones: The Role of Space in the Performances of the Soviet Group Collective Actions | Maria Redaelli (Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy)
Reconfiguring Space Through Symbiotic Choreography: Dynamic Narrative Power Between Human Agency and Mechanical Prosthetics | Mengyun Liu (The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, United Kingdom)
Architecture and the spectator’s body: Norms and transgressions of a theatrical space | Adèle Busschaert (GERPHAU, ENSA Paris La Villette, France)
12h30 – Lunch Break
14h00 – Keynote speaker – Beth Weinsten (University of Arizona) - Dispositives for re-membering | Chair: Jorge Palinhos
15h30 – Panel 7: MATERIALITY OF PERFORMANCE | Chair: Josefina González Cubero
Modern Architectural Furnishings: Props | Marie de Testa Alvarez (Princeton University, School of Architecture, United States of America)
Breaking Boundaries: Material Dramaturgy and Power Dynamics in Architectural Practice | Mara Trübenbach (Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany)
Bodies, Light, Colour and the Politics of Becoming Dramatic Heritage: The case study of Hungate during Invertlight Creative Project | Iuliana Gavril (Norwich University of the Arts, United Kingdom)
17h – Coffee Break
17h30 – Panel 8: CONTESTED SPACES | Chair: Paolo Marcolin
Augmented Reality Public Architecture: Hybrid Spaces as Zones of Activism | Yulia S. Tikhomirova (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)
Shifting Perception: Performance Pieces and Difficult Heritage in Bozen Bolzano, Italy | Roberto Gigliotti and Elisabetta Rattalino (Free University of Bozen Bolzano, Italy)
Liminal Spaces, Radical Stages: Architecture, Power, and Resistance in Public Performances | Cristina Moraru (“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Romania)
DECEMBER 6
9h00 – Panel 9: LEGACY SPACES | Chair: Tiago Vieira da Silva
The theatrical facades for travelling cinema, 1896-1914 | Nicholas Rogers (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
Cine Carioca: Memory, power and cultural heritage in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Pedro Vieira Pinto (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
The Malta Opera House: A colonial project or a national icon? | Vicki Ann Cremona (University of Malta, Malta)
10h30 – Coffee Break
11h00 – Panel 10: SPACES OF FREEDOM | Chair: Rute Figueiredo
PERFORMATIVE SPACING: Countering a Theatre of Politics with Performances of Resistance | Dorita Hannah (University of Newcastle, Australia)
Designing for the Disruptions: Spaces for Freedom, Power and Democracy | Nubras Samayeen (University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign, United States of America)
The entirely democratized stage | Christian Janecke (Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main, Germany)
12h30 – Lunch Break
14h00 – Panel 11: POLITICS OF PLACE | Chair: José Luís Guimarães
The space for political debate in the theatre: The scenic challenges of Joël Pommerat play Ça ira (1) Fin de Louis (2015, on tour) | Rafaël Magrou (École nationale supérieure d’architecture Paris-Malaquais – Université PSL Laboratoire ACS – UMR AUSser3329 Paris, France)
Land, Stories, and Subversion: The Political and Personal Resonances in Tri Bywyd (Three Lives) | Gabriella Kiss (Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Hungary)
Memory Sweeping Ritual | Inês Moreira (CEAA-ESAP, Portugal)
15h30 – Panel 12: SPACES OF DIVERSITY | Chair: Dorita Hannah
Neuroinclusion and Accessibility in Actor-Training: Reconsidering physical and pedagogical structures | Klara Hricik (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, United Kingdom)
Prosthetics of imagination: The Stage as a space for rest and resilience | Irene Mahugo Amaro (University de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain)
G(hosts): Healing Trauma through Site-Specific Performance and Systemic Constellations | Stefan Jovanovi? (AA School of Architecture, United Kingdom)
17h – Coffee Break
17h30 – Panel 13: SPACES OF THE FUTURE | Chair: Pedro Castelo
X Reality Architecture(s) as Theatres for Rehearsing Radical Gestures of Hospitality | Shauna Janssen (Concordia University, Canada)
From Die Raumbühne to the Modern Show Window: Towards a New Audience | Efrîn Özyeti? (Independent Scholar, Turkiye)
Art out of place: Bridging art and periphery | Jorge Palinhos (CEAA-ESAP, Portugal)