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PERFORMANCE & SPACE
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
PERFORMING SPACE 2023 CONFERENCE
7 - 9 July, 2023, Na plio, G eece
Edi ed by
Pablo Be zal C uz, A hena S ou na, Ch is ina Zoniou, Gio gos Kondis
Scien i ic Commi ee
Chai : E ichios Pi o olakis, Uni e si y o he Peloponnese
Alba Balmaseda Domínguez, Uni e si à degli S udi di RomaT e
Pablo Be zal C uz, Uni e sidad Poli écnica de Mad id
Gio gos Kondis, Uni e si y o he Peloponnese
Ma ia Mikedaki, Uni e si y o he Peloponnese
And ea Mone a, No ingham T en Uni e si y
Albe o Mo ell Six o, Uni e sidad Poli écnica de Mad id
A hena S ou na, Uni e si y o he Peloponnese
Ch is ina Zoniou, Uni e si y o he Peloponnese
Co-o ganised and hos ed by:
Uni e si y o he Peloponnese
Di ec ed by Pablo Be zal C uz wi hin he amewo k o he Ma ga i a Salas P og amme,
unded by:
Eu opean Union - Nex Gene a ionEU
Minis e io de Uni e sidades de España, Uni e sidad Poli écnica de Mad id
ISSN 3057-434X
ISBN 978-960-89135-6-1
2025
CONTENTS
In oduc ion ······························································· i
Keyno e speake : Do i a Hannah ······························································· 1
Con empo a y Thea e Has Le he Thea e… ‘Houses’ Made o B icks, S icks and S aw
Fa ma E kök ······························································· 15
Si e-Speci ic Pe o mance Wo ks o Tugce Tuna: Examining Spa ial Pe o ma i i y
h ough a Tu kish Cho eog aphe ’s Pe spec i e
Kim i Nguyen ······························································· 31
Embodied Topophilia and Ve nacula Place-Making: An Analysis o B i ish A is Kim i’s
Filmed Pe o mance Aun ie's Tiles in he Chinese Con ex
Dimi a Ko domenou ······························································· 43
“Li ing One's Head Up”: Two Cases o Public Nomadic In e en ions
S e ania S ouza ······························································· 61
Pos humanis Pe o ma i i y in Heine Mülle ’s Play ‘Despoiled Sho e Medea-Ma e ial
Landscape wi h A gonau s’
E angelia Danadaki ······························································· 73
Me amo phosis: a Pe o ma i e Model o Becoming and he Pa adigm o An igone (Again)
Ilias Sapoun zakis ······························································· 83
T agic Space in Si e-Speci ic P oduc ions o Aeschylean T agedies: P ome heus Bound
(2010) by Theodo os Te zopoulos and Pe sians (2010) by Mike Pea son
A is o elis Kale is & Gabi Cas o ······························································· 94
De- o m o Re- o m. A chi ec u al P ese a ion as Sa ekeeping o he Pe o ma i e
S uc u e o Space, an Expe imen al S udy o he Temple o Apollo Epicu ius a Bassae
James Ma in Cha l on ······························································· 112
Fa ms, Lib a ies and Ad en u e Playg ound Spaces o O well, Ha die, Ca oll and F y: James
Ma in Cha l on's Si e-Responsi e P oduc ions o James Kenwo h's Plays in Newham
Rania Kape anaki ······························································· 119
Re lec ing on Fou Pe o mances in he Public Space o A hens
Ty one G ima ······························································· 132
Spa ial Dynamics in Sa e’s Huis Clos: O he ness as a Spa ial Opp ession
Magdalini Dou ou ······························································· 146
The Poli ics o Space in Ça i a (1) Fin de Louis Di ec ed by Joël Pomme a
Thomas Symeonidis ······························································· 161
Aes he ic Desc ip ion as Pe o ma i e Ac . On Re-Figu ing Spa ial Loss
Dimi a Kanellopoulou & S ella (S yliani) Dimi akopoulou ······································ 170
Pe o ming A chi ec u e: A Collabo a i e Educa ional Resea ch in Ac ona plia
Bu cu Bos ancı & Fa ma E kök ······························································· 181
Explo ing Symbolic and Tempo a y Spaces in U ban Ri uals Using Fi e as hei
P ima y Componen
U sula Dimi iou, Aliki Kylika & Eliza So oga ······················································ 193
Nego ia ing Pe o mance A chi ec u e as a Pedagogical Tool
Valen ina Rizzi ······························································· 203
Pe o ming Bodies, Pe o ming A chi ec u es. Lab Excu sion be ween A Ins alla ions,
Build Space and T ans o ma i e P ac ices
An onia Vasilakou ······························································· 216
Healing Fla o s: Explo ing Emo ional Pe cep ion in he Landscape o Askleipeion Sanc ua y
I o G igo iadi ······························································· 230
The No ion o Space in Dance Pe o mance
Pa icia Lazou ······························································· 236
An i-Memo y. The Space Whe e he Body Mo es Becomes i s Place o O igin
Geo gia Ele he aki & Geo ge Tzamalis ······························································· 251
The "CATog aphy" o Apo Sy os. A Di e en Na a ion
Fe nando Zapa aín He nández & Jo ge Ramos Jula ·········································· 265
Digi als age. Spa ial Analysis o 21s C. Digi al Scenog aphic Ins alla ions
Pablo Llamaza es Blanco ······························································· 275
Digi al S ages o a New Pe o ma i e Space. The Wo k o Random In e na ional
Daniel Ba ba Rod íguez ······························································· 289
Digi al In e ac i e Space C ea ed by Ad ien M & Cla ie B
Vasiliki Si akouli ······························································· 299
Vi ual Spaces o Music and Dance. The TRaMIR P ojec on In angible He i age
Ch is ina Zoniou ······························································· 306
Pe o ming Democ acy. Si e-Speci ic and Fo um Thea e in Spin ime, Rome
A hena S ou na ······························································· 326
O Real and My hic Places: Pe o ming in A chaeological Si es in he A golid
And ea Mone a ······························································· 334
The Ci y as a Museum: Res o ing he Iden i y and In angible He i age o No ingham's
Mul icul u al Pas h ough Augmen ed Reali y and Loca ion-Based Technology
Alba Balmaseda Domínguez ······························································· 348
WET Ci ies: Re e sing Ba hing Ri uals
Pablo Be zal C uz ······························································· 362
Spa ial Pe o ma i i y in he Na u al En i onmen . A he O igins o he Asclepieion
a Epidau us
O he Pape s P esen ed a he Con e ence······························································· 375
Anna Tsichli Boissonnas (Abs ac ) ······························································ 377
T aumland - The Land o (ou ) D eams. A Jou ney h ough Space, Body, Language and
Pe o mance o he Sea ch o he Iconic and Sublime Place o Li e in Su eal Times
Ioanna Papadopoulou (Abs ac ) ······························································· 379
This Used o Be my Playg ound… A gos as “Backg ound”, as Scene y, as Pas and as
P esen in he Aeschylean T agedy
U uk Soyöz ······························································· 379
Recons uc ing Hellenis ic Pe o mance: Ri uals o Nikepho ia a he P ecinc o
Pe gamon Al a
Aycan Kizilkaya (Abs ac ) ······························································· 381
Si e-Speci ic Thea e: A Case S udy in Is anbul
Elena Pey chinska (Abs ac ) ······························································· 382
Pe o ming S age: An In e disciplina y Re- eading o he Black Box
Eleni Linaki (Abs ac ) ······························································· 383
How he Tangible and he In angible Cul u al Asse s o he Space C ea e a New Iden i y
Anna Tzakou ······························································· 384
Pe o ming Landscape as a “D eam o P esence”
Pe o ming Space 2023 265
DIGITALSTAGE. Spa ial Analysis o 21s Cen u y Digi al
Scenog aphic Ins alla ions
Fe nando Zapa aín He nández
Resea ch G oup “ESPACIAR”, Uni e si y o Valladolid, Spain
Jo ge Ramos Jula
Resea ch G oup “ESPACIAR”, Uni e si y o Valladolid, Spain
Abs ac
This pape aims o p o e he in e es s, e e ences, and objec i es o he esea ch p ojec i led
'DIGITALSTAGE: Spa ial Analysis o 21s Cen u y Digi al Scenog aphic Ins alla ions' (2022-
2025), a p ojec unded by he Minis y o Science and Inno a ion o he Spanish Go e nmen
h ough i s Na ional Resea ch Agency.
The main objec i e o he esea ch p ojec is o documen , ep esen , and analyse, using
digi al a chi ec u al ools, he new spa iali y ha has been gene a ed since he 1980s,
pa icula ly du ing he 21s cen u y, in a ious scenog aphic ins alla ions (a is ic, cul u al,
scenic, o audio isual), due o he dis up i e in eg a ion o digi al so wa e: ideomapping,
s agebo s, sound en i onmen , augmen ed eali y, 3D modelling and p ojec ion, 360º ision,
holog ams, among o he s.
The aim is o p o ide he academic communi y wi h a cohesi e analy ical g aphic
me hodology and documen a ion enabling, abo e all, he assessmen o he signi ican spa ial
ca ego ies p esen in hese s age con igu a ions. In addi ion o he exis ing heo e ical s udies,
i is expec ed o o e a new pe spec i e by analysing hei h ee-dimensional cha ac e is ics
h ough p ocedu es ha ha e been al eady e ec i ely used o comp ehend and ep esen
space in a chi ec u e, a discipline inhe en ly ocused on spa iali y.
Keywo ds: Digi als age, space, scenog aphic ins alla ions, esea ch p ojec .
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DIGITALSTAGE. Spa ial Analysis o 21s Cen u y Digi al Scenog aphic Ins alla ions
The aim o his esea ch p ojec is o documen , ep esen , and analyse, using a chi ec u al
ools, he new spa iali y ha ha e eme ged since he 1980s, pa icula ly du ing he 21s
cen u y, in a ious o ms o scenog aphic ins alla ions (a is ic, cul u al, scenic o audio isual).
These de elopmen s s em om he dis up i e in eg a ion o digi al so wa e, including ideo
mapping, s agebo s, sound en i onmen s, augmen ed eali y, 3D modelling and p ojec ion,
360° ision, holog ams, among o he s. This inno a i e mul imedia app oach has unlocked
unp eceden ed a enues o exp ession and plas ic con igu a ions. The digi al s age hus a ains
le els o illusion and imme sion akin o hose obse ed in he I alian hea e, bu pa adoxically
mo e in e ac i i y.
Figu e 1
Le mou emen de l’ai , 2015. Ad ien M & Clai e B.
Digi al scenog aphy, i i doesn' all in o me e sensa ionalism, wields a spa ial powe
p e iously una ainable. Fi s ly, i ha nesses new echnical esou ces, and secondly, i is a
complex amalgama ion o di e se media and disciplines, anscending he cons ain s o ime
and space, esonan wi h he "hype mode ni y" o ou e a. S udying hese ins alla ions can
p opel a chi ec u e beyond i s sel - e e en ial con ines. Fu he mo e, hey ep esen
expe imen al and lexible cons uc ions, in oducing inno a i e h ee-dimensional ca ego ies.
Pe o ming Space 2023 267
Analogous o b ie essays, hey di e ge om a chi ec u e p ima ily in hei mo e ic ional
essence, wi h a diminished emphasis on u ili y. These ins alla ions c ea e he con igu a ion o
space no solely h ough geome ic delinea ions, bu also ia phenomenological elemen s:
ligh , image y, g aphics, a mosphe e, and sound.
This a chi ec u al esea ch p ojec ocuses on a con empo a y o m o scenog aphy. I s
me hodology is p edica ed on a easonably g ounded assump ion: he g aphic ools employed
in a chi ec u al analysis and spa ial de ini ion can o e aluable insigh s in o unde s anding
digi al s age ins alla ions, which aspi e o c ea e bo h physical and illuso y en i onmen s. This
hypo hesis has been subs an ia ed h ough p io compa a i e s udies examining he spa ial
dynamics ac oss a chi ec u e and a ious a is ic disciplines. Wi h he collabo a ion o he
in e na ional eam o he Uni e si y o Valladolid Recognised Resea ch G oup ESPACIa , he
in es iga ions ha e explo ed he in e play be ween a chi ec u e and di e se ields such as
ideo games, g aphic na a i e, cinema, exhibi ion design, as well as he sculp u al wo ks o
O eiza, Chillida, Judd, and Ch is o & Jeanne Claude.
Figu e 2
Ana -hi anan (2000). Eugénia Balcells. G aphic and Planime ic Analysis by ESPACIa
Resea ch G oup Diag ams.
The ield o digi al s age ins alla ions se es as a ich sou ce o insigh o a chi ec u al
p ac ice, gi en i s eliance on ske ches and assembly ins uc ions o design and execu ion.
O e ime, hese d awings become i al esou ces o he analysis o he wo ks. Thus, ou
esea ch p oposes o begin by compiling p epa a o y documen a ion om a cu a ed selec ion
o s age p oduc ions. Subsequen ly, o enhance and sys ema ise his in o ma ion, we aim o
conduc spa ial explo a ions employing dihed al, axonome ic, and 3D sys ems, supplemen ed
by dynamic digi al models illus a ing a ia ions in con igu a ion and ligh ing. This app oach will
no only acili a e he documen a ion and de ini i e de ini ion o he wo ks o pe manen o
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ep oducible pu poses bu will also enable: 1) he analysis o hei spa ial a ibu es, 2)
compa ison ac oss di e en ins alla ions, and 3) classi ica ion in o a ious o mal ypologies.
To s eamline he selec ion p ocess o case s udies, we will ocus on digi al s age
p oduc ions s aged since he yea 2000 wi hin he p oxima e Eu opean con ex (Spain, I aly,
Po ugal, F ance, e c.). This geog aphical ocus is chosen because he esea che s a e
embedded in his cul u al milieu and ha e access o pe inen audio isual documen a ion.
Whe e easible, p e e ence will be gi en o wo ks ha a e cu en ly accessible o a endance
o o which eco dings a e a ailable. We aim o analyse a minimum o h ee examples om
each o he p ima y modali ies, including digi al a ins alla ions, expe imen al hea e, musical
e en s, u ban ideo mapping, ideo-dance, en e ainmen shows, mul imedia exhibi ions,
museum ins alla ions, ci cus pe o mances, among o he s.
Some o he hema ic lines o be explo ed include: he ela ional powe o he oid, he
spa ial alue o shadows, p ojec ions and supe imposi ions, na a i e and phenomenological
space, epheme al a chi ec u es, in e ac ion wi h digi al g aphic, and he modelling o
scenog aphies and he dep h o he sc een.
Backg ound and Concep ual F amewo k
In nume ous echnical and a is ic aspec s, digi al s age esou ces di e ge signi ican ly om
he adi ions, e en as hey pe sis in he p imal aspi a ion o c a illuso y spaces o na a i es
and i uals – al eady implici in he licke ing shadows cas by i es in ca es. Howe e ,
concep ually, hei genesis can be aced back o h ee pi o al inno a ions o he 20 h cen u y:
1) The pos -d ama ic hea e, which emancipa es i sel u he om ex ual cons ain s.
2) The in e ac i i y inhe en in i ual en i onmen s wi hin ideo games.
3) The ad en o mul imedia en i onmen al o ma s epi omised by he a ins alla ion.
The esea ch p ojec will p ima ily d aw upon he la e p ecu so o digi al scenog aphy:
he a ins alla ion. This choice is mo i a ed by he ecen comple ion o ano he esea ch
p ojec on he opic and by he spa ial na u e o a ins alla ions, which aligns e en mo e closely
wi h a chi ec u al design — he ield o which mos g oup esea che s belong, including a
membe who has conduc ed his doc o al esea ch on he spa ial dynamics o ideo games.
In e ms o d ama u gy, con empo a y i ual s age designs con inue he challenge ini ia ed
by Geo g Fuchs in 1909 o " e- hea icalise he hea e", libe a ing he scenic aspec (mimesis)
om he p edominance o he e bal elemen (logos). This e olu ion has e en en u ed in o
pe o mances solely elian on image y, ligh , hy hm, o sound en i onmen s, some imes
de oid o na a ion o li e ac o s (Sánchez, 2002, p. 15). To achie e his, new audio isual
media ha e pe pe ua ed he s age's ongoing eju ena ion p oposed h oughou he wen ie h
cen u y, om he con ibu ions o Appia and C aig o hose o Wilson and Lepage, who
