Archiving Technical Theater History

Wan-Jung Wei currently serves as the Executive Director to OISTAT

Wan-Jung Wei is an arts manager, dancer and choreographer who continuously explores the relations between and possibilities of performing arts and politics through her dance works. Her dance project "Here, or There" was selected by Dumbo Dance Festival 2010 in New York. She believes that arts and politics are means of creating space in life.

Wan-Jung Wei is the youngest leader of the OISTAT Headquarters since its inception, also the first with diplomatic training. She joined OISTAT in 2011 and has since applied the blend of her passion for performing arts and background in international affairs to her daily work.

OISTAT, International Organization of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians, is an international platform for theatre-makers around the world with members in over 50 countries.  Founded in 1968 in Prague, its Headquarters was relocated to Taipei, Taiwan in 2006. OISTAT’s international projects include World Stage Design, Scenofest, Theatre Architecture Competition and World Scenography. OISTAT, International Organization of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians, is an international platform for theatre makers around the world. Founded in 1968 in Prague, its Headquarters relocated to Taipei, Taiwan in 2006. OISTAT’s international projects include World Stage Design, Scenofest, Theatre Architecture Competition and World Scenography.

“You will love OISTAT once you’ve experience it”

OISTAT - Organizational Homepage

Hello Everyone and Welcome to this latest episode of the podcast.

Its number 50 and I couldn’t be more excited. Thank you to everyone who has stumbled across this work and taken the time to listen. Its be a crazy last week with a move from not only time zones but also climates. I’m a long way from Trinidad. Again, I want to extend my gratitude to all of you who take the time to listen. I would also like to say thank you to the many people who willingly gave of their time to sit with me and let me ask them questions. Thank you, many times, over.

This week I am coming to you from Berlin, Germany. I am grateful to be joined by Designer and Vectorworks instructor Malte Shurau. Malte has been leading a four-day introduction into Vectorworks for the first-year students here in Berlin. I have had the opportunity to be part of this introduction and learn some useful information about the program. Malte was generous to give me some of his time after class to sit with me for this podcast

Malte has trained as a GTA Graphic Designer and object design in Cologne.  He currently holds a Bachelor of Interior Architecture and Master in Stage Design_Scenic from the TU-Berlin.  Malte has worked on various projects as an exhibition designer, interior designer and stage designer.

His professional work can be currently found online. A link to his current site will be in the show notes.

malteschrau.carbonmade.com - https://malteschurau.carbonmade.com/about

#Vectorworks # TUBerlin #Design #Scenic #Berlin # Germany1

Hello Everyone and Welcome to this latest episode of the podcast.

This week I am grateful to be joined by Scenographer and Associate Professor of Wake Forest College Mr. Rob Eastman-Mullins.

Rob Eastman-Mullins is a freelance scenographer—designing scenery, lighting, and costumes—and serves as Associate Professor of Design and Associate Chair for the Department of Theatre & Dance at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC, USA. He holds an MFA in scenic and costume design from the North Carolina School of the Arts

He has designed for Syracuse Opera, Boston Playwrights' Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre, Triad Stage, the Fletcher Opera Institute, New Theatre, Mosaic Theatre, the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, and served as Art Director for the film China. Rob relishes working on new plays, and has designed for premieres with such playwrights as Jeff Baron, Catherine Bush, John Strand, Melinda Lopez, Vanessa Garcia, and Shirley Lauro. His designs have been seen on a national tour of Turkey and exhibited around the United States and the world.

Rob is also Co-Chair of the Space Design Commission of OISTAT along with Ms. Fiona Watt and he is also Vice Chair for the International Commission at USITT. If you’d like to learn more about Rob and his work, you can visit the Wake Forest College Department of Theatre and Dance as well as professional portfolio at remarts.com

https://theatre.wfu.edu/faculty-and-staff/faculty/rob-eastman-mullins - Wake Forest College Department of Theater and Dance

www.remarts.com– Professional Portfolio

Without further ado, here is my conversation with Rob Eastman-Mullins.

Enjoy the show

Hello Everyone and Welcome to this latest episode of the podcast.

This week I am grateful to be joined once again by Ms. Fiona Watt of the Society of British Theater Designers.

Ms. Watt originally trained with the Motley Theatre Design Course in London.

She is a freelance scenographer who enjoys exploring the relationship between existing architecture and the performance space, unlocking the hidden dynamics within traditional and non-traditional theatre spaces to find the strongest points of exchange between performer and audience.

Fiona is Honorary Secretary of the Society of British Theatre Designers and UK Performance Design Commissioner for OISTAT (International Association of Scenographers Theatre Architects and Technicians).

In the last year she has helped organize, curate and open the Staging Places Exhibition. Its first incarnation was presented at the 2019 PQ. In July, the exhibition was installed and presented in its full form at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England. The exhibition is slated to remain there until the end of March 2020. To learn more about the exhibit, you can visit the Staging Places website at stagingplaces.co.uk or go directly to the Victoria and Albert Museum site for information.

Be sure to check out:

http://www.theatredesign.org.uk/ - Society of British Theater Designers

http://www.fionawatt.com/ - Fiona Watt Professional Site

http://www.stagingplaces.co.uk/ - Staging Places

https://www.vam.ac.uk/

Without further ado, here is my conversation with Ms. Fiona Watt.

Enjoy the show

Michael Kruse is host and founder of the Title Block Podcast.  

The Title Block is a podcast about Canadian theatre designers and their craft.  It is hosted by Michael Kruse, a former lighting designer.  Each episode he focuses on one designer and their body of work and talk about their training, philosophy and history.

Michael Kruse is also the Chairman on the Board of Directors of Bad Science Watch.

There core purpose is to create a safer, healthier, and more prosperous Canada through the establishment of the widespread use of critical thinking and sound science when making important societal decisions.

Michael is currently pursing his MD at McMaster University in Hamilton, ON. after obtaining a B.Sc. from University of Toronto in 2017, majoring in physiology and the history and philosophy of science. He has also worked as an advanced-care paramedic in the greater Toronto area for 11 years.

Michael has been active in the science advocacy community for 10 years and is committed to a compassionate defense of science for the betterment of all Canadians.

Webpage: The Title Block

Contact: [email protected]

Facebook:  Facebook

Twitter: @TheTitleBlockCA

Barbora Příhodová is a researcher, teacher, and curator in theatre studies. Her research focuses on design and space in performance, and her work bridges the United States and Europe. Born in the Czech Republic, she currently lives in the Philadelphia area and teaches as adjunct faculty.  She is one of the curators of the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (PQ Talks, 2019), the world’s largest event focused on performance design and space. She has published essays and book reviews in catalogues and peer-reviewed journals including Theatre Design & Technology, Performance Research, and Theatralia. She holds an M.A. in Theatre Studies and English Language and Literature, and Ph.D. in History and Theory of Theatre, from Masaryk University, Czech Republic. She is a recipient of Fulbright Research Fellowship (2010) and the Short-Term Research Fellowship at the New York Public Library (2013), and she was selected to participate in Mellon Summer School of Theatre and Performance Research at Harvard University (2013). 

www.barboraprihodova.com

http://thinkingdance.net/

Andrew Enil is a lighting designer, programmer and entrepreneur.  While going to school at the University of Trinidad and Tobago, Andrew also works as part of the crew for the Southern Academy for the Performing Arts and as a local freelance lighting specialist.  Kerron-Daniel Ferreira is also a student at UTT as well as an business entrepreneur, musician and all around freelance production artist. Both are well spoken, articulate and have visions and goals that they want to achieve.  Each of them have a similar goal to help not only foster the practice of good production skills but also enhance the appreciation for the people who do it.   Be sure to join in and listen to what they have to say.  Enjoy the show.   

This episode is brought to you by 

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Kerri Ann Chandler is an studio and live audio engineer, producer, musician, instructor and friend from Trinidad and Tobago. Kerri was my first guest and its great to catch up with her again.  This time she is in New York City, attending class at NYU.  Kerri recently earned a Fulbright scholarship to do her Master's in Music Technology at the Steinhardt School.  I couldn't be more happy for Kerri on this next part of her journey.  

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The Lighting Archive.

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The Archiving Technical Theater History Facebook group online mentorship program. The mentorship program is an online avenue to connect, share, collaborate and provide helpful assistance to students and teachers alike by putting them together through social media. If you wish to be a mentor or are looking for someone to be a mentor to you, be sure to click on the mentorship link located on the menu page. Lots of great people with experience in many different fields awaits you.

Brandon Wardell is a Lighting and Scenic Designer based out of Chicago, IL.  He is an Ensemble Member of Adventure Stage Chicago, an Artistic Associate of Steep Theatre Company, and Associate Professor of Lighting Design at Northern Illinois University.  Brandon is a member of USA Local 829.

Professional Website:  https://www.brandonwardelldesign.com/

University Website:  https://www.niu.edu/theatre/faculty/design-tech/wardell.shtml

Pavel Drábek is Professor of Drama and Theatre Practice at the University of Hull (UK), specialising in Shakespeare, early modern theatre, translation, adaptation and theatre theory. He also writes and translates for opera, radio and theatre. His selected works are České pokusy o Shakespeara (Czech Attempts at Shakespeare, 2012), Transnational Connections in Early Modern Theatre (co-ed. M. A. Katritzky, 2019). His fourth radio play Košice 1923, for 4 female actors, will be broadcast by Czech Radio 3 Vltava in October 2019. Currently he is working with Ondřej Kyas and Josh Overton on a new opera entitled You Wish (2020), an opera libretto for Mario de Rose called Winton's Trains, for a České Budějovice and Passau production (2020/2021) and a book entitled Adapting and Translating for the Stage.