Dynamic Cartography

Contents

List of illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1: Body and the surrounding space: scoring body movement

Introduction: spatial body rituals

The representation of movement

Rudolf Laban: Kinetography as a spatial scoring system

Scores: the representation of processes

Scoring: mapping spatial processes

Experiments
Kinetography I: movement notation for one body
Kinetography II: movement scores on stage
Kinetography III: movement scores in complex environments

From surrounding space to geometry

Chapter 2: Body and Geometry: Contemporary Rituals

Introduction: performativity and ritual

Body, space, and geometry

The Laboratory of Movement Study - L.E.M. (Le Laboratoire d'Estude du Mouvement)

Viewpoints: a spatial composition tool

Experiments
Dynamic Cartography I, II, and III

From geometry to the scenic space

Chapter 3: Body and Scenic Space: Ritual Spaces

Introduction: the origins of space

Reflections on space

The Work of Living Art: radical proposals for the mise- en- scene of Wagnerian drama

The body in the theatrical space: the Greek theatre

Atmospheres

Experiments
Micro-actions in Greece
Strings, Old Vinegar Factory (2015, Limassol, Cyprus)

From scenic space to architectural programme

Chapter 4: Body and Architecture: Spatial Dramaturgies

Introduction: the architectural script

Once upon a time, a laboratory of fun

Event and situation

The art of action

Performative architecture

Breaking the architectural fourth wall

Experiments
Wooosh! (Winchester, 2016)

From programme to landscape

Chapter 5: Body and Landscape: Performativity and Social Space

Introduction: urban anthropophagy

The representation of landscape

Corpografias (corpographies) and corpocidade (corpocity)

The body as a means of artistic expression

Environmental art and Thirdspace

ExperimentTrellick Tales: the Thirdspace of Trellick Tower

From landscape to the surrounding space

Conclusions: towards the creation of a dynamic cartography - an interdisciplinary methodology