AVANT-GARDE + EXPERIMENTAL
INFLUENCES
ROBERT WILSON
Build additional layers of meaning through repetition & accrual
PETER BROOK
Trust theatrical economy
THE WOOSTER GROUP
Combine theatrical modalities for worldbuilding
STEVE REICH / PHILIP GLASS
Use repetition and small changes to transform perception
DIMITRIS PAPAIOANNOU
Time expansion / Time compression / Narrative tableaux
CRYSTAL PITE
Ensemble GROUP relational subtext made physical
LLOYD NEWSON
Express SOLO inner life with physical narrative
FRANTIC ASSEMBLY (HOGGETT / GRAHAM)
Physical storytelling not decorative dance
SANKAI JIKU
Suspend and extended time with formal postures
JAMES TURRELL
Use light as spatial architecture. Elegance from restraint
MEREDITH MONK
Compose music, body, and staging as one
NICOLAS ROEG
Interweave linear & nonlinear narratives. Singular voice
DEREK JARMAN
Merge the personal, the mythic, and the political
J G BALLARD
Environment as storytelling system. Emotional isolation
DON DELILLO
Unflinching cultural vivisection
TERENCE MCKENNA
Altered consciousness as its own reality and way of knowing
GIAN LORENZO BERNINI
Multiple perspectives unified into a single masterwork
JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID
Ensure every element serves the whole
5 D M E D I A L A B
SYNTHESIZING : INSTINCT VISION VOICE EMOTION + MEANING