MTHF Talk: Eco-ethical design for theatre and performance pedagogy

Ecoscenography – a framework that reconfigures traditional design processes and conceptualisations for theatre and performance – is a new and exciting lens to equip the next gen of performance design practitioners. Ecoscenography challenges established linear modes of stage production (from idea to performance to disposal), and instead offers a circular, deeply collaborative and place-orientated approach to conceiving, executing and circulating design ideas and products. In this talk, Tessa Rixon shares her ongoing research with international colleagues and partner education institutions to rethink how we train performance designers.

Image credit: Kelsey Booth (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) seed concept for Molong (Damon Chua). 2021/22 workshop