Sustainable Theater

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Sustainable Theater

Instructors: Leslie Tamaribuchi and Ian Garrett

We will focus on integrating ecologically sustainable practices and technologies into professional artistic practice with an emphasis on theater and the built in problematic of its temporary nature. The course will be divided between research on contemporary issues of sustainability as articles, guests and field trips, and the development of projects proposing ways to alter or replace our own unsustainable practices. The end of the course will culminate in a presentation of research and proposals to the larger CalArts community in a gallery exhibition and catalogue.

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Required Text

Cradle to Cradle Publisher: North Point Press; 1 edition ISBN-10: 0865475873| ISBN-13: 978-0865475878

Syllabus

2/1 - Intro to Sustainable Theater
- Introduce Big Project
- What is performance?
- Goals of the Class
2/8 - Sustainable Technologies
- What makes a technology sustainable?
- Examples of Sustainable Technologies
2/15 - Meets in Morning at Site
- The integration of sustainable technologies into building.
- Adapting technologies to specialized needs.
- The systems of sustainability.
- Be sure to sign up for a consultation on your project ideas BEFORE FEB. 29
2/22 - Sustainable Practices
- Simple Changes
- Ancient Technology
- Integrating sustainable technology into daily life and work.
- People work sustainably.
  
  SIGN UP FOR A CONSULTATION ON YOUR PROJECT IDEAS
2/29 - Guest Speaker(s)
- Joel Shapiro - joel@electriclodge.org- Founder of the Electric Lodge
- Justin Yoffe - Justin.Yoffe@SMGOV.NET - Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Supervisor
- Jesse Smith - jsmith@calarts.edu - Director of Facilities at CalArts
- Deadline for articulating initial project proposals, please sign up for a consultation BEFORE 2/29
3/7 - Project Presentations
- 10 minute presentation on what your project will focus
- Discuss Theatrical LEED and Meta Project
3/14 - Materials Reuse Infrastructure
3/21 - Marketing Materials at CalArts
- Notes on Meta Project Expansion
  
  3/28 - No Class, Spring Break
4/4 - Management Practices in The School of Theater
4/11 - Institute Cleanliness
- Guest Seema Sueko - seema@moolelo.net
4/18 - Meta Project - What does a Sustainable Production Look Like?
4/25 - Final Sustainable Project Presentations
5/2 - Class Wrap Up

Methodology

Weekly CalArts Site Visits

Weekly Topical Presentation

A brief history of a nutrient of our art making: - The uses of the thing in the world; - The uses of the thing in performance; - The proposed change; - Why this change; - How to execute this change.; - Examples of this type of change in the world

Meta-Project

Theatrical Leed: Can we find a standard for production; Can we sustain the unsustainable

Develop a sustainable idea, a new way of working, new nutrient.: - Sustainable Proposal – Innovation; -Design a new way of working

What is Performance?

Project Information

Click here for documentation on the Sustainable Theater Class Project

Downloads

File:Greening the Theatre.pdf

Leed Rating

Links

Online Resources

Green Theater Wiki

Carnegie Mellon's "Theater and Ecology" Resource Library

Ashden Directory, Environmentalism and Performing Arts

Companies

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