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Ecoscenography in Action: Tanya Beer’s Living Stage

Benson, Eric; Beer, Tanja

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Title
Ecoscenography in Action: Tanya Beer’s Living Stage
Author(s)
  • Benson, Eric
  • Beer, Tanja
Contributor(s)
Himmel, Jacqui
Issue Date
2024-08-08
Keyword(s)
  • Scenic Design
  • Theater
  • Design
  • Sustainable Design
  • Podcast
  • Ecoscenography
Date of Ingest
2024-12-08T13:25:39-06:00
Abstract
The guests in our commercial series, are experts focused on how our collective system is organized. We’re not talking about which produce to pick at the grocery store – although these lifestyle choices are critical. Our guests in this second series play pivotal roles in the organization of our society, disrupting the economy at the institutional level and changing how products are imagined and created. In this episode of Climify, Eric welcomes Dr. Tanya Beer, a seasoned stage designer and senior lecturer at Queensland College of Art and Design, Griffith University (Australia), to discuss her innovative approach to sustainable stage design. Tanya shares her journey into sustainable stage design, the creation of the term 'Ecoscenography,' and her pioneering project, the Living Stage, which combines horticulture, community engagement, and performance. The episode also highlights educational strategies to promote sustainability in design and the importance of questioning the environmental impact of one's work and passions. After the interview, design researcher Jacqui Himmel joins Eric to unpack the episode providing the most important calls to action from the discussion that you can implement today!
Publisher
Climate Designers
Series/Report Name or Number
Season 4: Episode 11
Type of Resource
sound
Genre of Resource
other
Language
eng
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
US Department of Education’s Title IX Grant Program - Department of Global Studies at the University of Illinois

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