Augusot+Boal

Augusto Boal
March 1931- May 2009 **Augusto Boal, was the founder of the invisible theatre and the legislative theatre.**

Invisible Theatre- founded in the early 1980's The goal of this theatre is to understand social reality and then be able to change it.

The invisible theatre involved actors going into a pre-decided area and they would act/ improvise a social reality, and make people think about the issue at had.

....From the Invisible Theatre came the Legislative Theatre.

**Legislative Theatre was founded in the early 1990's** Where drama would go beyond just actors and allow others to join in along with them.

This no only was a new kind of performance it was also used as a medium to change social reality

As a legislator of Brazil, Boal used theatre as a way to work out issues in the community and to discuss laws with people on the street.

**Boal's Influences** Marxist Philosophy William Shakespeare Paulo Freire- which he thought of as a father figure

**Artist Boal has Influenced**

"Learning to Love you More" by Miranda July and Harrell Fletcher http://www.learningtoloveyoumore.com/index.php -Gives a quote or thought and then gives the viewer a description on how to document their project, idea, or invention, and allows other viewer to see the projects posted.

"Free Art and Technology Lab" - by Steve Lambert http://fffff.at/ - A website where anyone can post something they would like to share and people may take bits and pieces of anything they want and create something new with them.

"Why They Hate. US"- by Steve Lambert http://whytheyhate.us/ - A combination of images "tagged" whytheyhateus in flicker accounts.