Digital technologies of modern stage art: the semiotics of lighting

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to identify the features of integration and methods of using digital technologies in modern practices using the example of innovative methods of stage lighting. The methodology is based on the complex methods of modern art criticism and is aimed at reviewing and theoretical understanding of the main aspects of using digital lighting technologies in modern stage art. The method of cultural-historical analysis (for studying trends in stage lighting technologies), the semiotic method (for studying and analyzing the symbolic content of lighting as a significant part of the spatial stage text), the typological method (for systematizing innovative principles and methods of lighting), and the method of figurative-stylistic analysis of works of contemporary stage art (dramatic and choreographic productions, performative installations). Scientific novelty. The features of integrating digital technologies into stage productions of the beginning of the 21st century using the specifics of the use of lighting are studied; the significance of stage lighting in the process of revealing the semantic-meaningful and artistic-figurative aspects of stage action is revealed and characterized; The specifics of lighting were identified and analyzed using the contemporary representations of drama theaters (Per Gunt, Hungarian State Theater Cluj-Napoca, director D. Zinder, 2008), choreographic productions (Political Mother choreographer-composer H. Schechter, 2010 ..) and performative installations ("Stifters Dinge"); prospects for the use of modern digital technologies in the context of the leading trends in the development of stage art of the 21st century are outlined. Conclusions. The use of modern digital technologies in stage art helps to expand the artist's capabilities by increasing the variety of expressive means. The directors, rethinking the meaning of lighting, offer the viewer only directed towards the idea of stage work, using means that affect the psychological state of a person; They strive to awaken emotions, memories, and thoughts corresponding to their own creative vision, generating complex visual experiences coexisting with the presented text. At the present stage of the development of stage art, due to the integration of digital technologies and the development of innovative methods and techniques, it is advisable to consider lighting as a productive component of the stage production, the functions of which go beyond the obvious or prosaic levels at which light only generates a shadow or color, focus or space, creating atmospheric, architectural and physical elements.