Mat‘s paper Imagining Ancient Mystery Rites as Promenade Opera in Los Angeles, a reflection on his site-specific work for the Getty Villa, is published in PERFORMING SPACE 2. Mat & Sebastian discussed their work in an accompanying presentation at the PERFORMING SPACE conference in Nafplio, Greece.
Performing Space is a research project that explores the relationship between performance and the built environment, taking into account the different perspectives of disciplines that study human activity and space, such as anthropology, archaeology, architecture, economics, law, philosophy, sociology, or theatre studies. The Performing Space 2024 Conference and Workshops, took place in Nafplio, Greece, from 3 to 6 July 2024. Organised by the University of the Peloponnese’s Departments of Theatre Studies, and Performing and Digital Arts, together with the Polytechnic University of Madrid, this edition was hosted by the University of the Peloponnese and brought together nearly 70 presentations and 40 workshop participants from over 20 countries, led by Pablo Berzal Cruz, Athena Stourna, Tyrone Grima, and Alba Balmaseda Domínguez. The number of participants practically doubled compared to the previous edition, reflecting the growing international and interdisciplinary interest in this project.