The dramaturgy days are a space for debate and a kitchen of ideas to permeate our future creations. We have designed what we want to be points of meeting and reflection around topics that are often present in our thoughts when we face theatrical writing. The third edition of the Dramaturgy Days consists of two parts. On the one hand, a meeting between professionals around the theme of ‘Transcending artifice’ and, on the other hand, a selection of workshops and talks related to the craft of dramaturgy.
TRANSCEND ARTIFICE
Wednesday 20 November 2024
It is dangerous to naturalize the term ‘artificial intelligence’ when there is no consensus on what intelligence is. What does it say about human intelligence that strictly mechanical processes seem more and more human to us? And if the so-called generative creativity puts on the table the mediocrity of a good part of the current creation?
More than a real threat to a profession that is already precarious enough, the new technological paradigm highlights issues such as the social demand for innovation, creative hyper-productivity and solipsism of thought.
This year, the meeting between professionals combines spaces for reflection and debate with work dynamics. In the morning, the artists of the ‘Berenguera’ project will share various resources that the great language models (LLM) can offer us. Avoiding the great dystopian or utopian stories, they propose using these tools as a dramaturgical resource and creative stimulation from a critical perspective. Before diving into practice, they will draw a brief map of the different models, companies or projects that make up the state of the art of AI.
Next, the playwrights Jordi Casanovas and Carla Rovira will propose a debate based on the main lines of reflection of the day: the idea of transcending artifice, both in terms of the creative possibilities that open up, and in terms of some of the frailties of the profession that the artificial intelligence paradigm highlights.
In the afternoon, the El Canal team will present the new Anonymous Authors project, which aims to provide ongoing support and resources to playwrights. In this space, the professionals who participate will be able to make contributions that will help to finish shaping the proposal that will come into operation from next year. Finally, the postmedia artist Quelic Berga will close the session with a proposal for collective digestion of some of the key ideas of the day, based on a review of the piece Babel Quantic.
PLACE
El Canal – Center for the Creation of Performing Arts
Pl. from can Patrac 1, Salt
WHO WAS IT FOR?
To professional playwrights
PRICE
free of charge
RELATED ACTIVITIES
18, 27 and 28 November 2024
In addition to the professional meeting, the Dramaturgy Days 2024 also offer specialized activities on issues related to the profession of dramaturgy. Two days before the professional meeting, the workshop will take place with La Bella Otero on contemporary dramaturgy in verse and, the following week, a masterclass with the Monte Isla company and a conversation with Sociedad Doctor Alonso.
‘Contemporary theater in verse’ workshop with La Bella Otero
November 18, from 12 to 2 p.m
2-hour theoretical-practical workshop on contemporary dramaturgy in verse. After a quick review of the metrical forms of theater in verse using some classic and contemporary examples, the workshop will offer tools and exercises so that attendees can jump into verse writing.
Workshop ‘The dramaturgy of the landscape’ with Monte Isla
November 27, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m
Masterclass for professionals or in the process of professionalization focused on the dramaturgical principle with which the company works and the specific methodologies it has developed around the idea of landscape.
Talk ‘Dramaturgies del desdoblament’ with Sociedad Doctor Alonso
November 28, from 6 to 8:30 p.m
An in-depth conversation with Toni Rumbau and the two directors of the company, Tomas Aragay and Sofia Asencio, in order to talk about the world of puppets and their relationship with the most contemporary expression over the last few years.
Limited places, prior registration required.
Registrations are only accepted up to 48 hours before each day.
For any questions about the conference you can write to comunitat@elcanalsalt.cat
