Robert Wilson, an influential experimental playwright and theater director, passed away on July 31 at his home in Water Mill, New York. He was renowned for expanding time, rejecting dialogue, and treating light as an architectural element in his productions. His performances often featured long, immersive sequences, challenging audiences with minimal action. Wilson emphasized visual experience over narrative clarity, allowing viewers to derive personal meanings. He previously studied architecture and overcame personal challenges with a stammer, which influenced his artistic approach and confidence throughout his career.
"Wilson's push was to stretch the visual; it was a recuperation of the grand deliriums of the Surrealist painters, basing dramatic narrative on a simple sequence of backdrops and the unfolding of a tableau vivant, immobile yet in continuous and unstoppable evolution."
"If you see the sunset, does it have to mean something? If you hear the birds singing, does it have to have a message?"
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