Visiting experts: Tanja Beer

The open and interactive lecture will investigate how eco-creative processes can be explored in performance making contexts.

Eco-creativity is a key concept of ecoscenography which encourages theatre artists to think beyond linear, resource-intensive modes of production and operation, to fuse artistic innovation with ecological transformation. Drawing on a range of global case studies, we will explore how eco-creativity can be harnessed across all aspects of scenography. These examples and insights will demonstrate the opportunities for re-imagining performance making processes for a climate changed world.

Biography:

Dr. Tanja Beer is an award-winning ecological designer and community artist who is passionate about co-creating shared spaces for the benefit of the more-than-human world. Originally trained as a performance designer and theatre maker, Tanja’s work increasingly crosses many disciplines, often collaborating with landscape architects, urban ecologists, horticulturists and placemakers to inspire communication and action on ecological issues. Her most celebrated project is The Living Stage: a global initiative that combines spatial design, horticulture and community engagement to create recyclable, biodegradable, biodiverse and edible event spaces. Tanja is currently a Senior Lecturer in Design at Griffith University (Australia) and the Co-Director of the Performance + Ecology Research Lab (P+ERL). Her pioneering concept of ecoscenography (ecological design for performance) has been featured in numerous programs, exhibitions, articles and platforms around the world. She is the author of Ecoscenography: An Introduction to Ecological Design for Performance (2021; shortlisted for the PQ2023 Publication Award)

Photo: Dylan Lopez

Time

7.10.2024 at 17:30

Location

Kookos

Haapaniemenkatu 6

00530 Helsinki

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Venue at Kookos: KO-709

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