Virtual Models in Theatre, Art and Architecture: Making Worlds

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Thea Brejzek (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia) Lawrence Wallen (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)

Virtual Models in Theatre, Art and Architecture

Making Worlds

Thea Brejzek (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia), Lawrence Wallen (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia), Joslin McKinney (University of Leeds, UK) , Professor Scott Palmer (University of Leeds, UK)

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Methuen Drama
27 November 2025

Theatre: technical & background skills; Film, TV & Radio; Graphical & digital media applications; Virtual reality

Series: Performance and Design

What is the impact of virtual models and realms in contemporary theatre, art and architecture?

This volume explores the evolution of virtual models, their transformative spatial potential, and their capacity for world-making using a range of case studies drawn from global contemporary theatre, art and architecture practice.

It draws upon a rich array of contemporary examples, including the Japanese artist collective Dumb Type, Chinese artist Lu Yang, US-Iranian artist Morehshin Allahyari, Björk, and the UK research agency Forensic Architecture. In parallel, a historical overview focused on the formative years of digital society provides context to the rapid development of virtual technologies, including the work of architecture collectives Superstudio and Archigram and seminal art, performance and technology collaborations from 1960s New York onward, enabled by institutions such as MoMA and Bell Labs. Behind this inquiry is a historical and theoretical positioning of the immaterial and its relationship to the material. Discussing emerging forms of expanded reality (XR) as devices in the theoretical and cultural framework of the virtual model, this study reveals the processes made visible in exhibitions, installations and performances while focusing on overlapping spaces, narratives and actors as they contribute to constructing virtual worlds.

Virtual Models in Theatre, Art and Architecture: Making Worlds reframes the virtual model as dispositif at the interface of the real, the fictional and the virtual, encouraging the reader to critically consider how new technologies open new spaces for knowledge creation and creative expression.

By: Thea Brejzek (University of Technology Sydney Australia), Lawrence Wallen (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)
Series edited by: Joslin McKinney (University of Leeds UK), Professor Scott Palmer (University of Leeds, UK), Stephen A. Di Benedetto (Michigan State University, USA)
Imprint: Methuen Drama
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781350449800
ISBN 10: 1350449806
Series: Performance and Design
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 27 November 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Thea Brejzek is Professor of Spatial Theory at the School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Lawrence Wallen is Professor at the School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.