The performing arts often function as a place for debate and catalysts for change within our society. In addition to the aspect of entertainment they discuss current pending issues trying to provide solutions. However, in the field of sustainability, apart from the use of modular stage elements such as platforms or mobile exhibition walls, the performing arts have some catching up to do, as there is often not enough time to consider alternatives in depth. Budgets are often not planned accordingly or custom-made products are necessary due to artistic decisions. In addition, the systems currently in use offer little possibility for designing spatial dynamics with organic and flexible structures. As producers of temporary buildings, renowned theaters have to deal with enormous disposal and recycling processes, high storage capacities and a changing personnel structure. The independent theater scene faces high travel and transportation costs due to the guest performance system. Textile room modules can be realistic solutions for these issues, as they can be reduced to a minimal packing size. Supplemented by a flexible and reversible use of paint and dyes, they open up a wide range of design options that are intended to support process-based and collaborative work at the theater. In the context of art, sustainable thinking is often limited to the use of secondary materials, which are then sent to their usual disposal cycle. Their use has therefore only been extended by one or at most three cycles. It is necessary to expand the research into and development of structures that take into account the long-term circular use of materials.
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Questions and input
Do you belong to a cultural institution, a theatre, an independent group and are interested in our project? Or do you have information for us that should not be missing from the project? Then please contact us via the project manager Prof Maren Greinke. You will find the contact address below. We look forward to any form of suggestion!
Offer for students of the HfBK Dresden
Are you planning a project with textiles, do you need advice on choosing materials or have you found something you really want to show us? Then please contact us using the addresses below. You can find the respective research focus in the researchers section. Just see whose focus suits your project best and write to us. We look forward to hearing from you!
Team
Akhavan, Samira
Research Project RESCENE
Email: | akhavan@hfbk-dresden.de |
Hilpert, Sonia
Theatre Design | Scenic Painting | Painting Scenic Space & Architecture
Email: | hilpert@hfbk-dresden.de |
Lötzsch, Vera
Theaterdesign | Scenic Painting & Project Coordination
Email: | loetzsch@hfbk-dresden.de |
Rolland, Hannah
Theaterdesign | Theater- und Veranstaltungstechnik
Email: |
- Sarah Blech, former artistic researcher, project coordination, scenic painting
- Sebastian Schrader, former artistic collaborator, stage design and technology
- Helena Schmidt, student assistant
- Katharina Langsdorff, student assistant
- Josefin Britt, former student assistant
- Linda Kromer, former student assistant
- Lara Mück, former student assistant
- Gisa Bigl, secretariat theatre design, project administration
- Prof. Maren Greinke, Theatre Design/Scenic Painting, project management
- Prof. Olaf Lauströer, Architecture/Interdisciplinary Interior Design, project consultancy
Project counseling/ practice partner
- Prof. Wolf Gutjahr, Scenic Space, Mainz University of Applied Sciences
- Prof. Bri Newesely, Theatre and Event Technology BHT Berlin
- Dresden State Theatre
- Textile Research Institute Thuringia-Vogtland e. V., Special Textiles and Flexible Materials, Textile Structures Group
