THE TEMPORARY THEATER OUTDOOR IN UNIRIO: A SITE-SPECIFIC IN THE PERFORMANCE AND SPACE DESIGN QUADRIENNAL OF 2019

Abstract

Abstract

Based on the curators´ guidelines of the Prague Quadrennial of Performance and Space Design 2019, the architects, scenographers and costume designers who research at the Laboratory for Theatrical Space and Urban Memory Studies (existing since 1994), selected, among other experiences, the site-specific proposal - an ephemeral theatre initially designed for a single performance staged in December 2016 - in honor of 400 years since Shakespeare's death. On that occasion, the team designed the Temporary Open-Air Theatre and staged fragments of The Tempest at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro. At that time, we recorded a 40-minute video of the collaborative process for the architectural design and the whole production, which served as the basis for the preparation of a new 5-minute mini-documentary - detailing the site-specific architecture. This new video of the Temporary Open-Air Theatre Project was sent to the PQ19 curators and was selected among the finalists and exhibited throughout Prague Quadrennial 2019, from 06 to 16 June. This article discusses the creation process grounded in Pearson´s (2001) and Irwin´s (2007) theoretical concepts.

Keywords

Ephemeral Architecture. Site-Specific. Temporary Theatre.