Performance as Architectural Production in the 21st century
Abstract
The research investigates performances as a form of architectural production in the 21st century. It focuses on performances enacted and designed by architects in the context of exhibitions, questioning them both as projects and as media.
By unfolding a partial yet global panorama of authors the research builds an atlas of 21st century performance-as-architecture. By doing so, it positions live events, enacted situations, and collaborative interactions as legitimate modes of architectural production.
In such cases, the outcome (and the reception) of the project lies in a gray area between the architect's authorial design and its relationship with different types of audiences and their spectrum of participation to the work. The objective is to generate a more nuanced critical reflection with which to address the vicissitudes of collaborative authorship and spectatorship in relation to this type of performative interventions which advocate for a shift of values and the construction of new narratives.
Keywords: performance, exhibition, participation