● OSCaR - A project for Opera sceneries circularity and Resource efficiency

OSCa A project for Opera sceneries circularity and Resource

Opéra de Lyon (FR)

Gothenburg Opera (SE), Tunis Opera (TU), Cité du design – Ecole supérieure d’art et de design (FR), UNESCO Chair for Climate Change – ESCI-UPF (ES), CIRIDD (FR), AdMaS – University of Technology of Brno (CZ)

State of the art

Environmental awareness in opera houses was already high, but something more radical had to be done: rethink the usual artistic and programming strategies, and equip technical and production departments with new tools.

Description of the project

OSCaR aims at creating a new collective dynamic within European opera houses (and beyond) to foster the circularity of (opera) sets through eco-friendly practices. As a capacity building project, its main objectives are to reinforce skills of technical departments, providing them with a science based knowledge on environmental footprint, and a better understanding of leverages to reduce it through materials & processes. The project aims at fostering sustainable practices by questioning management and cooperation processes through the lens of design methodologies. Starting from a survey on (eco)design practices within European opera houses, OSCaR aims at providing solutions to be used for the sake of future sustainability projects in the opera sector.

OSCaR is about “resource efficiency” and as such it is modestly but concretely contributing to prepare a world where resources will be scarce.

Creative Europe’s support

OSCaR can be seen as a collective effort towards sustainability; none of the three involved opera houses could have afforded it alone and without Creative Europe funding.

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Sustainability roadmaps

The UNESCO Chair involved in the project has produced its study on (eco)design practices in the sector and drafted a general proposition for a sustainability roadmap.

Contact

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