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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450434603321

Autore

Giannachi Gabriella

Titolo

Virtual theatres : an introduction / / Gabriella Giannachi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-45476-7

0-415-28379-5

1-280-07746-8

0-203-50003-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 174 p. ) : ill

Disciplina

792.02/2

Soggetti

Experimental theater

Virtual reality

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-168) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Hypertextualities -- Cyborg theatre -- The [re-]creation of nature -- Performing thorough the hypersurface -- Towards an aesthetic of virtual reality.

Sommario/riassunto

Giannachi offers an investigation of the interface between theatre performance & digital arts, investigating the aesthetic concerns of current computer arts practices & showing how they radically question our conventional uses & definitions of time, space, place, character, identity & realness.