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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451530503321

Titolo

New visions in performance : the impact of digital technologies / / edited by Gavin Carver and Colin Beardon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lisse, The Netherlands ; ; Exton, Pa. : , : Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers, , 2004

ISBN

1-135-30185-9

1-135-30186-7

1-280-15515-9

0-203-97108-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Collana

Innovations in art and design, , 1570-7393

Altri autori (Persone)

CarverGavin

BeardonColin <1945->

Disciplina

791

Soggetti

Performing arts

Performing arts - Technological innovations

Digital control systems

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; New Visions in Performance: The Impact of Digital Technologies; Copyright; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 The importance of being interactive; 3 The digital double; 4 The emergence of hyper-reality in performance; 5 The technology of the real: Wayne McGregor's Nemesis and the ecology of perception; 6 halving angels: technology's poem; 7 The Performance Animation Toolbox: developing tools and methods through artistic research; 8 Theatre of context: digital's absurd role in dramatic literature; 9 Haunting the movie: embodied interface/sensory cinema

10 Play it again, Sam: film performance, virtual environments and game engines11 Sorcerers' Apprentice: reactive digital forms of body and cloth in performance; 12 Turning conventional theatre inside out: democratising the audience relationship; 13 New visions in performance; Notes on authors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

New Visions in Performance features the work of twelve performers and



academics who are concerned with the integration of digital technologies into theatrical performance.