Actes du XIVe Congrès
International des Bibliothèques et des Musées des Arts
du Spectacle
Beograd 15-20 septembre
1980.
Beograd : 1982.
ISSN 0361-7500
Workshop:
Museums of the Performing Arts and Theatres
Animator: M. Sinisa Janic
pp. 169-170
M. Janic pointed out that there were two kinds of institutions for documentation:
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documents collected on a regional or a national basis; and
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archive collections within a theatre.
Everyone recognised the importance of the research carried out in these
specialised centres for exhibition or publi city purposes. Many difficulties
confronted the museums, theatres and other centres of documentation in
pursuing their work, but the chief difficulty was lack of funds.
Many of the older institutions have used their experience to establish
satisfactory relations between centres of documentation and theatres. Should
these two - the centre and the theatre - co-operate and if so, in which
fields?
In Yugoslavia the issue of an annual publication had resulted in a specific
kind of methodology concerning the documentation of each theatre. It has
proved a very valuable link between the institution and the theatre. In
another field we had all seen the results of Audio Visual documentation,
recording and screening theatrical performances.
But how could centres separated by many miles arrange for the documentation
of performances.
Centres would require to be set up to collect such material and in a
future congress one topic worthy of discussion would be how to collect,
organise, catalogue and file all such data.
It would also be useful to consider theatre exhibitions, how they were
set up, what material had been included and would such material be needed
by future historians of the theatre.
We should not be satisfied with what remains of a performance, e.g.
photographs (often taken primarily for photographic and not theatrical
interest). We must anticipate what data will be needed in the future for
the production of much larger works.
In conclusion M. Janic suggested that some recommendation might be put
forward for discussion at a future congress.
In the discussion which followed it was generally agreed that M. Janic's
suggestion might form the main theme of a future congress.
Meantime it would be useful to establish what happens now in each country
and how Centres co-operate one with another within each country.
There was need for a critical assessment of work being carried out in
different countries and this assessment should be guided by what is needed
by those who seek information.
Some researchers require theoretical, historical and aesthetic documents
and libraries can satisfy their needs, but it was a basic necessity that
manuscripts, models, designs, etc., should not be dispersed but kept together.
The problem was complex but merited a detailed examination.
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