Spatial Dramaturgy and the Composition of Desire

A reflection on how to “reshape the spaces around us – not only as containers of action, but as co-authors of meaning.” How space “whether physical or social,” becomes “a site to unearth conflict, negotiation and power dynamics;” architecture “a score for living”, and how designing is composing: “to layer time, relation, and desire into form” beginning with longing, and centering the erotic. “To engage in spatial dramaturgy is to ask: What is this space rehearsing? And what other stories and worlds might it be capable of holding? Activating this lens, invites reflection through Black feminist thought, to dream how we might recompose the world otherwise, as led by the curiosities of those who have opted out of the dominant script and developed counter-compositional practices for survival, joy and memory.”