De introductie zoals geschreven in proefschrift the environment as co-perfomer, op bladzijde 10 & 11:

“These days, we know more and more about the world, but in fact, we are seeing less and less of our own surroundings. We seek our sublime in quick dopamine hits on the internet or book a flight to somewhere to marvel at the landscape. However, in my opinion our own environments have a tremendous amount of wonder to offer, but it needs to be seen. To achieve this, a collaboration with the environment must be made. No art in the environment, but art with the environment. The environment as co-performer and working with site responsive scenography.

In 2021, Tanja Beer, published the book Ecoscenography: An Introduction to Ecological Design for Performance. “This ground-breaking book is the first to bring an ecological focus to theatre and performance design…” (Beer, 2021). However, I found this ‘new perspective’ just normal. A landscape is not a tabula rasa, it is connected to all environmental factors. As a educated landscape designer, I have always been involved in designing in collaboration with the environment. A landscape designer has similiraties with a scenographer. A landscape designer is scenographer for everyday scenes of our environmnent. I believe that scenographers and landscape designers can learn a lot from each other . 

Over the past two years, I, as a landscape designer, have delved into the world of (expanded) scenography. My research into combining the principles of landscape design with the discipline of scenography is complemented by a personal fascination and inquiry: the relationship and connection between humans and their environment. In this research document, I introduce the term and approach of site-responsive scenography, to combine environment and scenography. The main question of my research, which is prominently featured in the book, is: how can the environment be a co-performer?”