Robert Moses...

understood that New Yorkers lived in real space

Paul Baker--interview with Richard Schechner

"I have for years tried to define proscenium thinking. I understand why people cling to it--like sailors on a sinking raft. Proscenium thinking is not usually thinking, but a director's reaction to a set form following accepted principles. A director can work in a proscenium theatre for years without a single new idea or thought; it stimulates formula directing."

-Paul Baker, 1968


Baker is a delightfully colorful West Texas nonagenarian-and a theatrical genius. Over the last 50 years, he has created significant academic theater programs at Baylor and Trinity universities, become the founding artistic director of the Dallas Theater Center (which he ran for over two decades and in doing so helped launch the strong post-World War II American regional theater movement), developed and directed hundreds of original plays, advanced the state of theater architecture and design, and written a seminal text, Integration of Abilities: Exercises for Creative Growth.
.-Barry X. Miller, Austin P.L., TX

classroom orientation con't

theory and case studies

http://www.jamescmccroskey.com/publications/082.pdf

@ West Virginia University (got my minor in their dept!)

Classroom spaces

http://classroom.4teachers.org/

What could be a setup that facilitates an authoritarian presence? What could be a setup that fosters interactivity and a less hierarchical structure, meaning the teacher is the focus and the controller of the classroom.

What were some arrangements from when we were students in gradeschool/junior high/high school?

The Importance of Spatial Politics

Humorous, but to the point. How can the theatre expect its audiences to respond if responsive space is not defined?

Space perception.... people perception?

I went to the Kings Park Psychiatric Center and took these pics. These are just some of the shots I got and I think they speak for themselves. I wondered a lot about the people that were kept in this center, I wondered who they were and what they did or did not. I wondered how they felt walking up the long linear path to the center and how they felt when they were no longer outsiders to this place but insiders. What they thought looking through the windows. Who they saw on the outside. I wondered about their families, their pets, their money, their property, they way they combed their hair and brushed their teeth. The reflections they saw in mirrors (if any were around). I wondered about what sounds came out of this massive building.

I have more pictures that I will post later on. I hope you enjoy these. I also plan to visit other places, hopefully for the weekend.