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I recently presented with the wonderful Dr Tanja Beer on Ecoscenography and Sustainable Puppetry Practice. Some interesting questions were raised by the network of artists and designers involved in the EU-based Impulse Project. One was about longevity: when proposing salvaged materials for theatre design, clients often question whether it will last. There are several ways…
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There are many approaches to developing a sustainable practice. Mine I would loosely describe as ‘frugality’, a practice of using precious resources – even if they’re junk – with respect and caution. This has led over time to the necessity of materials-informed design: allowing the available materials to influence the design, and to be inseparable…
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I’ve been thinking about the old Waste Heirarchy – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – for years, and how it needs more levels to reflect the need to push it upstream to where decisions are made. So here’s one I’ve developed for theatre. It’s a helix now, so the different layers can talk to each other. Please…
