Event Series "Temporal Communities and Digitality - Theatre During the Pandemic"
A series of events organised by Doris Kolesch and Kai Padberg, Research Area 2 "Travelling Matters" at EXC 2020.
News from Nov 02, 2020
It was the middle of March 2020 when Germany went into lockdown. Back then, there had already been a curfew in Wuhan, China, for several weeks. In many other countries in Europe and worldwide, public life was abruptly shut down. The consequences for the cultural sector have been dire everywhere. All over the world, theaters have had to shut down unexpectedly and most remain closed. Schedules have been cancelled. Professional existences are endangered. At the same time, public and cultural life has shifted to the digital sphere. Many theatres and artists are using this way to stay in touch with their audiences and are exploring digital spaces more than ever before. But what forms of community-building are even remotely possible for theatre and the performing arts? What is the character of the relation between local institutions and these transnational spaces, which might open up and expand while national borders remain closed? What does it mean for artistic practice if humans assemble as a virtual audience while being physically alone in their respective homes? In what ways will the pandemic change theatre? What will digital assemblies mean for theatres after the pandemic?
In the series of events entitled “Temporal Communities and Digitality – Theatre During the Pandemic”, theatre directors, theatre artists and scholars from around the world will report on the practical effects on theatre operations and their work. They will examine the various strategies with which stage and theater creators have reacted to this situation, online and offline. Together with researchers from the Cluster of Excellence “Temporal Communities – Doing Literature in a Global Perspective”, they will discuss how the global crisis of the theater has created new temporal communities and to what extent these are created under the conditions of digitality.
Programme
- Friday, 4 December 2020, 6 pm
Temporal Communities and Digitality – Theatre During the Pandemic, No 1 - Friday, 8 January 2021, 6 pm
Temporal Communities and Digitality – Theatre During the Pandemic, No. 2 Poland - Friday, 15 January 2021, 10 am - 2 pm
(Online-)Workshop: Zwischen Stream und Präsenz. Aktuelle Publikumskonzepte aus interdisziplinären Perspektiven
(Workshop in context of the event series) - Monday, 25 January 2021, 6 pm
Temporal Communities and Digitality – Theatre During the Pandemic, No. 3 Brazil - Monday, 15 February 2021, 10 am
Temporal Communities and Digitality – Theatre During the Pandemic, No. 4 Japan - Monday, 19 April 2021, 6 pm
Temporal Communities and Digitality – Theatre During the Pandemic, No. 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina - Monday, 3 May 2021, 6 pm
Temporal Communities and Digitality – Theatre During the Pandemic, No. 6 South Africa - Monday, 17 May 2021, 4 pm
Temporal Communities and Digitality – Theatre During the Pandemic, No. 7 Iran - Monday, 31 May 2021, 6 pm
Temporal Communities and Digitality – Theatre During the Pandemic, No. 8 Israel - Monday, 21 June 2021, 6 pm
Temporal Communities and Digitality – Theatre During the Pandemic, Final Session
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