Browsing by Author "Nyberg, Fabian"

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    The Dimensions of Performance Space – A Brief Anatomy of Space for a Moving Audience
    (2015) Nyberg, Fabian; Kiamiri, Heini; Taiteiden ja suunnittelun korkeakoulu; School of Arts, Design and Architecture; Pyhälä, Sampo
    This bachelor thesis work aims to identify in what ways the performance space can influence audience behaviour. The text concerns performances where the audience and the actors share the same space and where the audience is free to move in the performance space. Apart from the physical features of space, the social and temporal aspects of space are also considered in the text. The main question of the text is: how does the performance space influence the choices the spectators make when they can move freely? In the text this question is addressed mainly through the discourses of environmental theatre and environmental psychology. A demo performance made in December 2014 is used as an example and a base for the discussion. The main discussion is divided into three parts and covers the subjects of 1) the audience as a part of space, 2) the performance space itself, and 3) changes in space. Based on the discussion, the text summarizes four different ways to think about performance space and audience behavior. These are: 1) the structure of the space and the entrances, 2) the atmosphere and the semi fixed-feature space, 3) the rules of the performance, and 4) building conflicts between the space and the audience. The text concludes by suggesting that a focus on the spatial experience of the audience may lead to important alternatives to traditional frontal performances.
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    The open-ended space – A perspective on the art piece's space
    (2017) Nyberg, Fabian; Rantama, Marjaana; Department of Film, Television and Scenography; Elokuvataiteen ja lavastustaiteen laitos; Taiteiden ja suunnittelun korkeakoulu; School of Arts, Design and Architecture; Ikonen, Liisa
    This MA thesis is a reflection on the boundaries of an art piece. I am interested in the art piece as a phenomenon in the world. I use the term ”the art piece's space” as a metaphor for this phenomenon. I discuss the borders and the open-endedness of this space through the metaphor of diffraction. As a term, diffraction is taken from physics and is related to the behaviour of waves. In this thesis a diffractional thought pattern is presented as a more dynamic and multifaceted alternative to the more familiar metaphor of reflection that suggests a division between different entities in the world, for example subjects and objects with static attributes and properties that can be traceable and defined. The main reference of this MA thesis is the feminist theorist and theoretical physicist Karen Barad's Meeting the Universe Halfway (2007), in which she presents the theory of “agential realism”. Many of the terms and metaphors (including the metaphor of diffraction) that are presented in this essay are borrowed from the thoughts of Barad. In this essay I have used them to approach the art piece as a phenomenon and to raise the question about what happens if we apply Barad's thoughts on art. Applying Barad's thoughts, this MA thesis is an attempt to approach the open-ended space of an art piece (as a phenomenon). I discuss the different agents that can be considered to be a part of the art piece's space as a phenomenon – for example the artist(s) and the experiencer(s) as well as non-living material set-ups that are a part of the art piece. I discuss the authorship of the art piece and different ethical aspects related to artistic activity and the structures in which this activity takes place. In the context of a MA thesis in the field of scenography (and for me writing it inside this context), this thesis can be viewed as a perspective on what artistic space might be as a medium. On a personal level, at least for me, it can also be considered as a perspective on professional identity and artistic identity. In addition to the essay, this MA thesis includes an artistic part consisting of the installation Hold (opening the 10th of November 2017 at the Theatre Academy in Helsinki).