Compose two styles
Rather than blending two styles into a middle, this assigns them roles: one carries the structure, the other appears as an accent. Where the two fight, it says so before you start.
How to divide the work
- Composition
- Follow Bauhaus Stage: Think in plan and elevation, set positions on a drawn floor grid
- Type
- Set in Bauhaus Stage's manner (Geometric sans only, sized by the ratio of circle to square), and let Constructivist Stage's lettering (Stencil the lettering straight onto the structure, fitted to each panel) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Bauhaus Stage's material (Spheres, cones and cylinders in primary color and metallic sheen); bring in exactly one thing from Constructivist Stage (Raw timber and steel with wheels and pulleys left exposed).
- Colour
- Build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 and admit one accent from #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615.
Where they fight
- Both belong to Stage Design, so the difference is small. Push the roles further apart than feels comfortable.
Caution
- Bauhaus Stage Gluing spheres and cones onto a costume without choreographing the body as a moving form leaves only a geometric fancy dress party.
- Constructivist Stage A static decorative tower called constructivist becomes a prop the actors cannot use, and the premise that the structure works disappears.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Bauhaus Stage (Style, 1921–1929) and its accent from Constructivist Stage (Style, 1922–1930s). Structural cues: Geometrized bodies; Costumes of spheres and cones; Three acts by color; Choreography as spatial figure. Accent cues, used sparingly: Bare structures; Turning wheels and ramps; No backdrop; Biomechanics of the actor's body. Composition: Think in plan and elevation, set positions on a drawn floor grid. Type and lettering: Geometric sans only, sized by the ratio of circle to square. Let one material quality come from the second style: Raw timber and steel with wheels and pulleys left exposed. Mood: Play, Futurism, Technology, Rebellion, Exhilaration. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.
Related entries
- Bauhaus Stage 1921–1929 / Style / Stage Design
Schlemmer's stage workshop turned the body into geometry. Spheres and cones in the Triadic Ballet costumes set the human figure dancing as a form in space, and performance art traces its origin to them.
- Constructivist Stage 1922–1930s / Style / Stage Design
Revolutionary Russia's style that discarded painted backdrops for a bare working machine on stage. The turning structure Popova built for The Magnanimous Cuckold remade stage design as working construction.
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