Gabriella Giannachi is Professor of Performance and New Media and Director of the Centre for Intermedia at the University of ExeterNick Kaye is Dean of the College of Humanities and Professor of Performance Studies at the University of Exeter

• List of figuresAcknowledgements1. Introduction | performing presence2. tracing | Lynn Hershman Leeson3. emergence | Gary Hill 4. distance | Paul Sermon 5. simulation | CAVE 6. ghosting | Tony Oursler 7. disjunction | The Builders Association 8. pervasiveness | Blast Theory and Mixed Reality Laboratory 8. Conclusion | presence and recoveryWorks cited

Gabriella Giannachi is Professor of Performance and New Media and Director of the Centre for Intermedia at the University of ExeterNick Kaye is Dean of the College of Humanities and Professor of Performance Studies at the University of Exeter

• List of figuresAcknowledgements1. Introduction | performing presence2. tracing | Lynn Hershman Leeson3. emergence | Gary Hill 4. distance | Paul Sermon 5. simulation | CAVE 6. ghosting | Tony Oursler 7. disjunction | The Builders Association 8. pervasiveness | Blast Theory and Mixed Reality Laboratory 8. Conclusion | presence and recoveryWorks cited

Gabriella Giannachi is Professor of Performance and New Media and Director of the Centre for Intermedia at the University of ExeterNick Kaye is Dean of the College of Humanities and Professor of Performance Studies at the University of Exeter

• List of figuresAcknowledgements1. Introduction | performing presence2. tracing | Lynn Hershman Leeson3. emergence | Gary Hill 4. distance | Paul Sermon 5. simulation | CAVE 6. ghosting | Tony Oursler 7. disjunction | The Builders Association 8. pervasiveness | Blast Theory and Mixed Reality Laboratory 8. Conclusion | presence and recoveryWorks cited