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         scenography


by IRINA KOMISSAROVA
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MB Bauprobe is a production company based in Lithuania, led by Irina Komissarova. It develops scenographic, performative, and spatial projects through testing, precision, and contextual response. Its residency programme functions as a research platform for material studies, spatial experiments, and early-stage project development.

The name comes from professional theatre, where bauprobe refers to an early spatial test before full construction. Here, it defines both a method and a production logic: developing work through experiment, prototyping, and exact spatial thinking rather than overproduction.

Bauprobe operates as production without overproduction, combining ready-made elements, unconventional solutions, and applied knowledge of scenography, technical systems, materials, and real site conditions. Its work aims to support and activate space without overloading it.





MB „Bauprobe“ yra įmonė, vadovaujama Irinos Komissarovos. Ji plėtoja scenografinius, performatyvius ir erdvinius projektus, remdamasi testavimu, tikslumu ir jautriu santykiu su kontekstu.

Pavadinimas kilęs iš profesionalaus teatro, kuriame bauprobe reiškia ankstyvą erdvinį bandymą prieš pilną konstrukcijos įgyvendinimą. Čia šis terminas apibrėžia ir metodą, ir prodiusavimo logiką: darbas vystomas per eksperimentą, prototipavimą ir tikslų erdvinį mąstymą, o ne per perprodukciją.

„Bauprobe“ veikia pagal principą produkcija be perprodukcijos, jungdama ready-made elementus, nestandartinius sprendimus ir taikomąsias scenografijos, techninių sistemų, medžiagų bei realių darbo sąlygų žinias. Jos tikslas yra palaikyti ir aktyvuoti erdvę jos neperkraunant.


Irina Komissarova (she/her) is a scenographer and artist researcher based in Europe since 2011, primarily in Lithuania. She works within expanded scenography, treating it as spatial dramaturgy and composing atmosphere through rhythm, proximity, timing, sound, light, and minimal material interventions.

She is an MA graduate of the Norwegian Theatre Academy, where she developed an artistic research approach rooted in embodied perception. Her background also includes studies in Interior and Environmental Design at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Moscow, a BA in Scenography from the Vilnius Academy of Arts, and further training through programs at the Meyerhold Centre and the Moscow Art Theatre School.

In 2025, she completed a year long internship at Studio Tosatti in Naples and contributed to Paradiso, a large scale site specific project presented during Milan Art Week and Milan Design Week 2025. Her portfolio spans theatre scenography, installations, and public space interventions across European cities, alongside independent performative and audiovisual works.

Her current research unfolds within the universe of de:manifestation, a continuing inquiry into how meaning appears and dissolves through staged conditions of attention. Using calibrated relations between sound, light, timing, and minimal material cues, she composes scenographic encounters built on thresholds, repetition, and controlled absence. The project expands through parallel iterations that combine generative image and video systems, spatial sound composition, and choreographic structures tested through performative experiments.