TEXTS-BOOKS:
1.László Moholy-Nagy,
“Theater, Circus, Variety,” from Theater of the Bauhaus (1924)
2.Back to the future: interactivity and associational narrativity at the Bauhaus
Author: Phillip Pragera
Affiliation:a Cambridge University, UK
Link to the text
Some OTHER inspiration:
Then I started seeing atomata theatre videos. Think it can help to see different options:
Here, some links to other automata theaters:
http://automatomania.co.uk/m_mstart/the-automata-exhibition/
http://www.cabaret.co.uk/
http://blog.dugnorth.com/
Nice video:
The Living from polyfluid on Vimeo.
The Living draws inspiration from Plato's Allegory of the Cave, which speaks of the nature of our perception and delusion with reality. The six large heads in this sculpture cannot look behind themselves. Speaking to each other with bursts of light emanating from their mouth, they can only look forward and side-to-side. The large light bulbs on their heads are symbolic of both their consciousness and the sun that blinds them from truth. The wheels that are fastened to their cribs allow them the potential to escape at any moment, and yet, they do not; they remain happily anxious in the bliss of ignorance.And some futuristic and funny video:
