Graham, Katherine Joy orcid.org/0000-0002-1044-6837 (2020) The Play of Light:Rethinking mood lighting in performance. Studies in Theatre and Performance. pp. 1-18. ISSN 1753-643X
Abstract
Emerging from a context of expanded scenography, this article examines the role of light in creating and shaping atmospheres in performance. This capacity of light is significant in relation to the emerging body of research on the nature and composition of atmospheres in and beyond performance. Within theatre and performance studies, however, light’s atmospheric potential has rarely been considered in depth, and colloquially light is often described as ‘atmospheric’ as a catch-all term that precludes the complexity at stake in its generation of atmosphere, or its provocation of mood. This paper, then, offers a critical rehabilitation of the term ‘atmospheric light’, by examining the sensual as well as visual ways in which light generates shifting atmospheres in Enda Walsh’s Ballyturk (2014). In thinking through this particular example, this article employs scenographic thinking to address the complex multi-modal operation of atmospheric light in performance. In so doing, I aim to show the dramaturgical and ontological significance of atmospheres constructed by and through light in performance, and to point to the material and critical importance of scenographically constructed atmospheres in theatre practice.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Theatre, Film, TV and Interactive Media (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 18 Jun 2020 16:20 |
Last Modified: | 27 Nov 2024 00:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/14682761.2020.1785194 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/14682761.2020.1785194 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:162052 |
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