Techniques of Representation

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2013-02-25T15:27:39Z
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In my thesis I will take a closer look at this new experimental theater from several points of views and give an explanation by using the ars poetics of Richard Foreman. Foreman was one of the greatest representatives of this kind of movement. He has his own techniques to show how to incorporate paintings, sculptures, different objects into his works. The Theater of Images was something new that the audiences had never seen before, it was something new to think about. The playwrights wanted to call attention to the reality of their times by making the spectator more aware of the events happening around him/herself. In these new plays, the audience was forced to look at the object as it was, not beyond it, looking for a hidden meaning inside. They had to look for the new constructed ways where they could make their own reality, not someone else’s. This was a great way to deconstruct the norms of that time and this was the playwrights’ way to express their non-conformist believes as against the ruling discourse. Richard Foreman was trying to pursue this very exact idea. Change the perspective of the people, make them think, not just see. Pieces of art were the best tools to use to suggest new to the people. Representatives of the Theater of Images other than Foreman were Lee Breuer and Robert Wilson. These three were all trying to lend a new perspective to the theater.

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theater, consciousness
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