Robert Wilson. Planetary Performing Arts (Robert Wilson. Arte escénico planetario) Part 1, published by Ñaque Ed., Recommended Book by Casa del Libro, Madrid.
Suspended Time Space. Robert Wilson’s Creative Process (Tiempo espacio suspendido. Proceso de creación de Robert Wilson) Part 2, upcoming.
“This book series opens a window into the visionary world of Robert Wilson. With clarity and lyricism, it traces the stunning arc of one of the pioneers of the Theater of Images. ‘Planetary Performing Arts’ charts Wilson’s expansive influence across cultures in contemporary arts. ‘Suspended Time Space’ brings us into the inner architecture of Wilson’s creative process. At its heart, the haunting DDDIII becomes a prism to view a unique alchemy of light, gesture, and silence.”
Planetary Performing Arts
BOOK 01 Robert Wilson. Planetary Performing Arts (RW. Arte escénico planetario) first part of the book series, mentioned internationally in books, thesis, and university programs.
Suspended Time Space
BOOK 02 Suspended Time Space. Robert Wilson’s Creative Process (Tiempo espacio suspendido. Proceso de creación de Robert Wilson) second part of the book series. Upcoming.
Robert Wilson. Planetary Performing Arts
Robert Wilson. Planetary Performing Arts
PEDRO VALIENTE
Recommended Book by Casa del Libro Madrid I Top 10 Performing Arts Books by Librería Alibri Barcelona I Published by Ñaque Ed.
ABSTRACT: Robert Wilson. Arte escémico planetario (2005) I Avant-garde: Symbolism, Expressionism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Theater of the Absurd. I Visionaries: Alfred Jarry, Adolph Appia, Edward Gordon Craig, Oscar Schlemmer, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Erwin Piscator. Authors: Samuel Beckett, Tadeusz Kantor. Masters: Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham. I Aesthetic: Experimentation, postmodernity, multimedia, interdisciplinary, multicultural, ecological, oriental. I Artistic disciplines: performing arts, visual arts, film/media. I Creative process: scenic techniques, voice/sound, text/composition, performance/movement, light/costume, space/time, mise-en-escene, total theater.
Photo: © (Up) Einstein on the Beach: Lucie Jansch I © RW Work Ltd.
Suspended Time Space. Robert Wilson’s Creative Process
Suspended Time Space. Robert Wilson’s Creative Process
PEDRO VALIENTE
Tiempo espacio suspendido. Proceso de creación de Robert Wilson I Study of a trilogy created in three different decades from three different points of view: DDDI: Inputs from contributors. DDDII: Interviews with collaborators. DDD III: Anthropological account of workshop to develop The Days Before DDDIII where Pedro Valiente participates as video design collaborator. I Chronological overview. I Commented blend of biography and work. I Articles on Philip Glass, Heiner Müller, and Laurie Anderson.
DEATH DESTRUCTION AND DETROIT I DDDI (1979) technical overview I DDDII (1987) comments by collaborators I DDDIII (1999) workshops journals.
All is Connected
Robert Wilson. Planetary Performing Arts
Ñaque Ed.
ABSTRACT Avant-garde: Symbolism, Expressionism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Theater of the Absurd. I Visionaries: Alfred Jarry, Adolph Appia, Edward Gordon Craig, Oscar Schlemmer, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Erwin Piscator. Authors: Samuel Beckett, Tadeusz Kantor. Masters: Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham. I Aesthetic: Experimentation, postmodernity, multimedia, interdisciplinary, multicultural, ecological, oriental. I Artistic disciplines: performing arts, visual arts, film/media. I Creative process: scenic techniques, voice/sound, text/composition, performance/movement, light/costume, space/time, mise-en-escene, total theater. I Book 01 Robert Wilson. Arte escénico planetario
Suspended Time Space. Robert Wilson’s Creative Process
(Upcoming)
ABSTRACT Creative process by Robert Wilson through three versions of Death Destruction and Detroit through three decades: DDDI (1979) with technical study, DDDII (1987) with comments by collaborators, and THE DAYS BEFORE: death destruction and detroit III (1999) with journals of workshops at The Watermill Center in New York I Style and essentials: from Wagner's total theater to space in non-conventional performing arts I Commented chronology, documentation I Articles about figures such as Heiner Müller and Laurie Anderson. I Book 02 Tiempo espacio suspendido. Proceso de creación de Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson
BOOKS
Robert Wilson. Planetary Performing Arts (published)
Suspended Time Space. Robert Wilson's Creative Process (upcoming)
PhD
Study of Robert Wilson’s Creative Process (published)
THEATER
The Days Before DDDIII by Robert Wilson
ROBERT WILSON
Robert Wilson I The Watermill Center
— Photo: The Days Before DDDIII: PV
Robert Wilson’s Book Series
“Robert Wilson’s theater cannot be merely explained; it must be experienced. With precise insight and lyrical prose, Pedro Valiente invites us to enter Wilson’s universe, where time slows down, light thinks, and silence becomes language. This book series opens a gateway to the essence of the creative act, revealing the visionary who transforms the stage into a space for deep perception.
Robert Wilson: Planetary Performing Arts maps a body of work that radiates across continents. Through collaborations, languages, and cultures, Wilson composes a theatre that is both local and cosmic. The book follows the threads that connect his creations to the ritual, and the visual, revealing how his art becomes a form of poetic geography.
Suspended Time Space. Robert Wilson’s Creative Process takes us into the intimate core of the creative process. Centered on the work Death Destruction and Detroit III, this book leads us into Wilson’s inner laboratory, where drawings, visual scores, and temporal structures shape a theater without plot. It is a journey into the center of silence, where each gesture carries intention, and each image holds suspended time.
Together, these books are studies of an extraordinary oeuvre and meditations on the transformative power of art. This body of work reminds us that in a hurried world, there are still places where we can see with different eyes, listen in other rhythms, and be astonished once again.” Site I EXTERNAL REVIEW