L'ingegneria drammatica di Mattia Pirandello

Abstract

This research intends to investigate the definition of "dramatic engineering" in relation to the work of Mattia Pirandello (Rome, 1992), a set designer who was able to combine experimentation carried out in the musical field with studies and experience in the theatrical field. In Pirandello's work, set design constitutes the main tool for encoding and decoding the drama. The author compares the set design to a score or a musical score. There is a symbiosis in the inherent interdependence between the different means of expression: the body (soma) that animates the scene, interacting with the interface of the device, weaves the narrative (sema). Pirandello defines “dramatic engineering” by drawing on the concept of systematurgy  ̶ devised by Marcel·lì Antúnez Roca in 1999  ̶  as a consequence of the increasing production and relative consumption of information technologies worldwide. A number of case studies will be examined, selected from Pirandello's work from his lyrical research of “machinic” machines to his multidisciplinary research of “invisible” machines, based on the audience's experiences of interaction with the stage.