This article shows how to account for the sociomaterial dimension of distributed creativity in the arts. By following the genesis of a new theatre production, we examined the sociomaterial practices involved to unpack the sociomaterial dimension of distributed creativity. To account for this, we draw on concepts from laboratory studies to explain creative and design work. In so doing, we considered the significance of distributed creative practices that are constituted by intermediaries which we argue, help to outline, refine and develop the creative idea. This article is especially attentive to the professional practices in the rehearsal room; what we called the ‘creative laboratory’, the locus where material artifact and their potentialities unfold in the process of creating a work of art ‘yet to arrive’. Extracts from ethnographic observations are used to illustrate the creative process from the germination of ideas to the collectively arrived at final production. In this respect, the rehearsal room is where initiatives are trialled and tested, and specific aspects of a scene (re)created, to feed into the composition of the emergent theatrical work.

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解开分布式创造力：分析戏剧艺术中的社会物质实践

本文展示了如何解释艺术中分布式创造力的社会物质维度。通过追踪新戏剧作品的起源，我们研究了所涉及的社会物质实践，以解开分布式创造力的社会物质维度。为说明这一点，我们利用实验室研究中的概念来解释创意和设计工作。在这样做的过程中，我们考虑了由我们认为的中介构成的分布式创意实践的重要性，这些实践有助于概述、完善和发展创意。本文特别关注排练室的专业实践；我们称之为“创意实验室”，即在“尚未到达”的艺术作品创作过程中，物质制品及其潜力得以展现的场所。人种学观察的摘录被用来说明从想法的萌芽到集体达成最终产品的创作过程。在这方面，排练室是试验和测试倡议的地方，是（重新）创建场景的特定方面，以融入新兴戏剧作品的构图。