• Kinetics as a Tool for Creating Scenographic Images in Dramatic Performances

УДК: 792.02:792.09

DOI: 10.35852/2588-0144-2024-4-209-228

EDN: VUNAYH

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Olga S. Nevolina

Dean of the Stage Design and Theatre Technology Faculty of Moscow Art Theatre School, Cand. Sc. Applicant for the Department of Cinema and Contemporary Art, Russian State University for the Humanities.
Moscow Art Theatre School, Russian State Humanitarian University
Moscow, Russia
E-mail: nevolina_olga@list.ru

Kinetics as a Tool for Creating Scenographic Images in Dramatic Performances

Abstract

The article analyzes the potential and significance of kinetics in the creation of metaphorical artistic images. An explanation is given for the ambiguous term “kinetics” in the context of the art, and fundamental differences between kinetic and mechanical movement in scenography are revealed. Time periods and artistic movements have been identified for which kinetics has become one of the central concepts and an important means of artistic expression. Using examples of famous dramatic performances staged in the 20th and 21st centuries based on the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, the artistic and technological aspects of creating kinetic scenographic images of various types are explored. In the performances by Gordon Craig and Josef Svoboda, scenographic images of a dynamic environment associated with the inner world of the hero were created using kinetic means. And the famous curtain of the artist David Borovsky in the play by Yuri Lyubimov testified that kinetics is no less important for creating character images. In the play Hamlet | Collage by Robert Lepage, using kinetics and hightech tools, set designer Carl Fillon created an image that can be defined as a multifunctional device for playing. As a result of the analysis, the expressed specificity of kinetic scenography was identified and justified, which allows us to consider it as an independent artistic direction.

Keywords

Kinetic scenography, synthesis of art and technology, artistic image, Hamlet, Craig, Svoboda, Borovsky, Lepage, Fillion.

For citation

Nevolina O.S. N. M. Kinetics as a Tool for Creating Scenographic Images in Dramatic Performances. Theatre. Fine Arts. Cinema. Music. 2024, no. 4, pp. 209–228.

DOI: 10.35852/2588-0144-2024-4-209-228

EDN VUNAYH

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Received: 23.08.2024

Revised: 11.11.2024

Accepted: 15.11.2024