The stage as screen: intermedial perspective on expanded audiovisuals in contemporary performing arts

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33732/ASRI.6849

Keywords:

Intermediality, new dramaturgies, methodology, aesthetic experience, expanded audiovisual

Abstract

This study explores the expansion of audiovisual media in contemporary performing arts from the perspective of intermedial studies. Drawing on a theoretical and methodological framework based on the work of Rajewsky (2005) and Bruhn and Schirrmacher (2021), it examines how cinema is integrated into live arts, generating new experiences of aesthetic perception. Key concepts such as intermediality, hypermediality, expanded audiovisual formats, and cinematic experience are addressed. The research proposes an analytical model focused on the interactions between media and their impact on the spectator’s experience. This approach allows for a deeper understanding of hybrid practices, particularly those dramaturgies built through audiovisual language and technologies. To apply these concepts and observe their manifestations in specific projects, the study analyzes three case studies that represent different forms of scenic intermediality: Los días afuera (Lola Arias, 2024), Festen (La dramática errante, 2023), and Cosmogony (Gilles Jobin, 2021).

Author Biography

Itziar Zorita Agirre, UPV/EHU

(Bilbao, 1980) holds a PhD in Performing Arts from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a Bachelor's Degree in Audiovisual Communication from the University of the Basque Country. She also completed a Master's in Digital Arts at Pompeu Fabra University and a postgraduate degree in Communication and Cultural Management at Ramon Llull University. This intermedial and multidisciplinary approach has guided her research along two main lines: experimental film and video, and contemporary performing arts, with a particular interest in reception processes in art.

She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Audiovisual Communication at the University of the Basque Country. She is a member of the AKMEKA (Art, Culture, and Media) research group at the same university, where she collaborates on the VIDEOFLUX project, focused on experimental audiovisual research.

Alongside her academic work, she has also worked as an artist, filmmaker, and cultural manager on various projects for public and private cultural institutions in Catalonia and the Basque Country, including the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Donostia 2016 European Capital of Culture, Tabakalera, Azkuna Zentroa, Liquid Limits, La Fura dels Baus, Mobiolak, and Consonni, among others.
itziar.zorita@ehu.es

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2025-12-19

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Zorita Agirre, I. (2025). The stage as screen: intermedial perspective on expanded audiovisuals in contemporary performing arts. ASRI. Art and Society. Journal for Research in Arts and Digital Humanities, (28), e6849. https://doi.org/10.33732/ASRI.6849

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No. 28 (2025): Spatial characteristics in digital scenographic installations

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