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Symposium | Science Of Rehearsal

The symposium provides a public forum to respond directly to the Reading Room exhibition and to develop many of the conceptual links between performance, ecology, and space science evident in the work of the Theater of All Possibilities and The Institute of Ecotechnics. Science of Rehearsal brings together the material archives of these two groups, staging a dialogue between theatrical technique and scientific performance, juxtaposing casts and crews, technical infrastructure and stagecraft, performance theory with physiological and ecological research.  The majority of the materials on display, documenting decades of theater productions, oceanic expeditions, conferences, and the building of the Biosphere 2 experiment, have never been exhibited in a public institution, much less seen outside of Synergia Ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Tcharfas and Ivison will elaborate on their curatorial and artistic motivations for the  Science of Rehearsal, highlighting the extent to which live experimentation, improvisation, testing, iteration, and performance are intrinsic to both artistic and scientific practice. The symposium will be the first opportunity for the artists to discuss their research in a public dialogue with Kathelin Gray, founding member of the Theater of All Possibilities, the RV Heraclitus, and Mark Nelson, Chairman of the Institute of Ecotechnics and member of Mission 1 inside Biosphere 2. Ed Keller will share his work on Post-Planetary design, a key discourse around which the broader implications of the exhibition and its archives might be engaged.

Please RSVP to [email protected]. Please note: events at Swiss Institute are limited capacity, and entry is on a first-come, first-served basis.











When: Sat., Nov. 3, 2018 at 5:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: Swiss Institute
38 St. Marks Pl.
212-925-2035
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The symposium provides a public forum to respond directly to the Reading Room exhibition and to develop many of the conceptual links between performance, ecology, and space science evident in the work of the Theater of All Possibilities and The Institute of Ecotechnics. Science of Rehearsal brings together the material archives of these two groups, staging a dialogue between theatrical technique and scientific performance, juxtaposing casts and crews, technical infrastructure and stagecraft, performance theory with physiological and ecological research.  The majority of the materials on display, documenting decades of theater productions, oceanic expeditions, conferences, and the building of the Biosphere 2 experiment, have never been exhibited in a public institution, much less seen outside of Synergia Ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Tcharfas and Ivison will elaborate on their curatorial and artistic motivations for the  Science of Rehearsal, highlighting the extent to which live experimentation, improvisation, testing, iteration, and performance are intrinsic to both artistic and scientific practice. The symposium will be the first opportunity for the artists to discuss their research in a public dialogue with Kathelin Gray, founding member of the Theater of All Possibilities, the RV Heraclitus, and Mark Nelson, Chairman of the Institute of Ecotechnics and member of Mission 1 inside Biosphere 2. Ed Keller will share his work on Post-Planetary design, a key discourse around which the broader implications of the exhibition and its archives might be engaged.

Please RSVP to [email protected]. Please note: events at Swiss Institute are limited capacity, and entry is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Buy tickets/get more info now