Hearing Ghosts and Speaking Spaces: A Conversation with Performance

Authors: Wagner, Matthew; Danowski, Chris

Source: Text and Performance Quarterly, Volume 25, Number 2, April, 2005 , pp. 171-185(15)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

“Hearing Ghosts and Speaking Spaces” is both an account of a performance, now almost two years past, and an attempt to give voice to performance space itself. In effect, our purpose is to excavate the lived phenomenon of an encounter with theatrical space from the grave of theatrical transience. We argue here not only for the primacy of space in constructing meaning in performance, but also for the catalytic ability of performance to allow spaces to speak, even if that speech is a cacophony of voices.

Keywords: Performance; Space; Phenomenology; Spiritism; Avant-Garde

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10462930500122880

Publication date: 2005-04-01