The Art of Immersion with Smell and Sensorial Theatre Language
In recent decades, the trend or the need for an experience of the effect of immersion into theatre events, other branches of art, tourism, everyday business and private life has become quite evident. We are used to audio-visual communication, which, from the Renaissance onwards, became the domina...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) & Slovenian Theatre Institute (Slovenski gledališki inštitut)
2021-12-01
|
| Series: | Amfiteater |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.slogi.si/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Amfiteater_9_2_Raz_07_Areh_Jenic_EN.pdf |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1850130856139554816 |
|---|---|
| author | Barbara Pia Jenič Igor Areh |
| author_facet | Barbara Pia Jenič Igor Areh |
| author_sort | Barbara Pia Jenič |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | In recent decades, the trend or the need for an experience of the effect of immersion
into theatre events, other branches of art, tourism, everyday business and private life
has become quite evident. We are used to audio-visual communication, which, from the
Renaissance onwards, became the dominant channel for delivering messages, while other
senses became less important.
Until the middle of the 20th century, the role of smell in theatre practices was neglected,
and more important senses took over the place of communication and staging. Rarely
it was used as a direct prop, but always very carefully, because, according to many
experts, it cannot be controlled like sound and light. However, we have forgotten that
the smell, especially in combination with the sound, can have a strong emotional impact
on a spectator. Like the other senses, the scent recreates the context of memories and
can evoke an intense reliving of emotions and events. It can also provoke an evaluation
or re-evaluation of the past, thereby affecting the perception of the present. Reality is
perceived through the adaptation of sensory information, which is shaped and interpreted
under the influence of past experiences. Experiences create expectations, and expectations
create our subjective reality considering everyday life and theatrical performance. This
relationship is especially noticeable in sensorial theatre.
In the last decade, an effort has been made to bring scents and other tools of sensorial
theatre back to the stage, just as – according to foreign sources – they were an important
part of events in antiquity. In this way, the stage can be enriched with an additional
dimension of communication and expression. The paper presents various methods and
experiments on the use of scent and other tools of sensorial theatre, evaluating their
phenomenology and effectiveness from the perspective of the performing arts and
psychological science. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-e7f3c8aa95b9453691ee856efcf475a1 |
| institution | OA Journals |
| issn | 1855-4539 1855-850X |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2021-12-01 |
| publisher | University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) & Slovenian Theatre Institute (Slovenski gledališki inštitut) |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Amfiteater |
| spelling | doaj-art-e7f3c8aa95b9453691ee856efcf475a12025-08-20T02:32:34ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) & Slovenian Theatre Institute (Slovenski gledališki inštitut)Amfiteater1855-45391855-850X2021-12-0192100119The Art of Immersion with Smell and Sensorial Theatre LanguageBarbara Pia Jenič0Igor Areh1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5410-9907SenzoriumUniversity of Maribor, Faculty of Criminal Justice and SecurityIn recent decades, the trend or the need for an experience of the effect of immersion into theatre events, other branches of art, tourism, everyday business and private life has become quite evident. We are used to audio-visual communication, which, from the Renaissance onwards, became the dominant channel for delivering messages, while other senses became less important. Until the middle of the 20th century, the role of smell in theatre practices was neglected, and more important senses took over the place of communication and staging. Rarely it was used as a direct prop, but always very carefully, because, according to many experts, it cannot be controlled like sound and light. However, we have forgotten that the smell, especially in combination with the sound, can have a strong emotional impact on a spectator. Like the other senses, the scent recreates the context of memories and can evoke an intense reliving of emotions and events. It can also provoke an evaluation or re-evaluation of the past, thereby affecting the perception of the present. Reality is perceived through the adaptation of sensory information, which is shaped and interpreted under the influence of past experiences. Experiences create expectations, and expectations create our subjective reality considering everyday life and theatrical performance. This relationship is especially noticeable in sensorial theatre. In the last decade, an effort has been made to bring scents and other tools of sensorial theatre back to the stage, just as – according to foreign sources – they were an important part of events in antiquity. In this way, the stage can be enriched with an additional dimension of communication and expression. The paper presents various methods and experiments on the use of scent and other tools of sensorial theatre, evaluating their phenomenology and effectiveness from the perspective of the performing arts and psychological science.https://www.slogi.si/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Amfiteater_9_2_Raz_07_Areh_Jenic_EN.pdfsensorial theatreperception of realitypsychological immersionsmellmemories |
| spellingShingle | Barbara Pia Jenič Igor Areh The Art of Immersion with Smell and Sensorial Theatre Language Amfiteater sensorial theatre perception of reality psychological immersion smell memories |
| title | The Art of Immersion with Smell and Sensorial Theatre Language |
| title_full | The Art of Immersion with Smell and Sensorial Theatre Language |
| title_fullStr | The Art of Immersion with Smell and Sensorial Theatre Language |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Art of Immersion with Smell and Sensorial Theatre Language |
| title_short | The Art of Immersion with Smell and Sensorial Theatre Language |
| title_sort | art of immersion with smell and sensorial theatre language |
| topic | sensorial theatre perception of reality psychological immersion smell memories |
| url | https://www.slogi.si/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Amfiteater_9_2_Raz_07_Areh_Jenic_EN.pdf |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT barbarapiajenic theartofimmersionwithsmellandsensorialtheatrelanguage AT igorareh theartofimmersionwithsmellandsensorialtheatrelanguage AT barbarapiajenic artofimmersionwithsmellandsensorialtheatrelanguage AT igorareh artofimmersionwithsmellandsensorialtheatrelanguage |