Abstract
This is a performance about remembering—remembering an array of verbatim scripture pieces that are knit together in a way that draws attention to an overarching theme. Lines were separated in a way that conveyed what each Biblical character was remembering, and in a way to answer the question that sparked this project, “How do we portray the voice of God in religious drama?” In Remember, each actor took on the voice of God at certain points, at other times they were spectators in biblical times, and sometimes they were themselves in modern times remembering these words. My honors project for this show was to showcase Byzantine iconography and Renaissance image theory in scripture performance as a way to experience religious art in a unique way. A way that challenges the audience to see the actors not as a representation of the figures, but as a window with which to look through at the figures. These theories are explained more thoroughly through the processes of extramission and intromission, which explores the way our eyes view art.
Included in
Remember
This is a performance about remembering—remembering an array of verbatim scripture pieces that are knit together in a way that draws attention to an overarching theme. Lines were separated in a way that conveyed what each Biblical character was remembering, and in a way to answer the question that sparked this project, “How do we portray the voice of God in religious drama?” In Remember, each actor took on the voice of God at certain points, at other times they were spectators in biblical times, and sometimes they were themselves in modern times remembering these words. My honors project for this show was to showcase Byzantine iconography and Renaissance image theory in scripture performance as a way to experience religious art in a unique way. A way that challenges the audience to see the actors not as a representation of the figures, but as a window with which to look through at the figures. These theories are explained more thoroughly through the processes of extramission and intromission, which explores the way our eyes view art.