Virtual Theatres

An Introduction

AvGabriella Giannachi

Inbunden, Engelska, 2004

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Beskrivning

The first full-length book of its kind to offer an investigation of the interface between theatre, performance and digital arts, Virtual Theatres presents the theatre of the twenty-first century in which everything - even the viewer - can be simulated.In this fascinating volume, Gabriella Giannachi analyzes the aesthetic concerns of current computer-arts practices through discussion of a variety of artists and performers including:* blast Theory* Merce Cunningham* Eduardo Kac* forced entertainment* Lynn Hershman* Jodi Orlan* Guillermo Gómez-Peña* Marcel-lí Antúnez Roca* Jeffrey Shaw* Stelarc.Virtual Theatres not only allows for a reinterpretation of what is possible in the world of performance practice, but also demonstrates how 'virtuality' has come to represent a major parameter for our understanding and experience of contemporary art and life.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2004-03-11
Mått:138 x 216 x undefined mm
Vikt:500 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:184
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415283786

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Teater inom Kultur
Systemvetenskap och AI inom Data och IT

Mer om författaren

Gabriella Giannachi is a lecturer in Theatre Studies at the University of Lancaster, where her specialist areas include new technologies and performance. She is also co-editor of On Directing (1999) and co-author of Staging the Post-Avant-Garde (2002).

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'A welcome addition to the growing range of works currently available on virtual reality and performance. It is clearly written and offers a useful historical overview of the field to date ... Giannachi has done impressive work in collating a vast and stimulating array of relevant examples ... There is no question that Virtual Theatres is a tremendously useful teaching and research resource. It will be of great use to teachers of new media, as well as post-graduate and under-graduate students of theatre studies.' – Studies in Theatre Performance

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction 1 Hypertextualities 2 Cyborg theatre 3 The (re-)creation of nature 4 Performing through the hypersurface 5 Towards an aesthetic of virtual reality, Conclusion

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