"Objects, Environments, and Actants: Intersections in Material Performance"
UConn’s Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry and Theatre Studies Program will host a symposium titled “Objects, Environments, and Actants: Intersections in Material Performance.” Scholars, puppeteers, and theatre artists will discuss how objects and spaces perform, as well as the role of the material world in performance.
Drawing on recent scholarship in thing theory, material culture studies, puppetry studies, and object-oriented ontology, presenters will consider how puppets, props, costumes, masks, physical environments, and human actors intersect in performance.
The symposium will take place in the new Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at Storrs Center. This event is open to the public, although pre-registration is required. Please note that the registration fee for UConn students is waived, but they need to pre-register.
For a complete schedule of events, webcast information, or to register for the symposium, visit bimp.uconn.edu.
For more information, contact: Emily Wicks, Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at (860)486-8585 or bimp@uconn.edu