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Psychoscenography: a model for tele-drama therapy in COVID crisis Beendet

Donnerstag, 13. Januar 2022 15:35 - 16:25 Option 3

Psychoscenography (Sweeney, 2019), is the understanding of the effect of scenography on psychology and behavior in individuals and groups (Sweeney, 2022). Inspired by Debord and the Lettrist movement's psychogeography, this model of exploring, shaping, making and building space in a drama therapy setting irritates orthodox models of drama therapy and renders scenography a medium that can have therapeutic effect. In the COVID-19 crisis, children who were initially in face to face drama therapy sessions continued their work online from home. A special protocol was written and put in place to respond to growing anxiety around wearing masks, isolation, fear of the unknown novel virus, and assisted families living in delicate and precarious home environments. Centered around the narrative of a brave astronaut, children engaged with scenographic mediums (costume and set design), that were then played with thus allowing escapism, travel, connection, release, relaxation, creativity and healing to occur. This talk will introduce psychoscenography, present the new model of psychoscenography, discuss a case study supported by images, and open a discussion around new models of tele-drama therapy that engage with space, place, design, architecture, scenography, home and environment.