Virtual Theatres
eBook - ePub

Virtual Theatres

An Introduction

  1. 184 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Virtual Theatres

An Introduction

About this book

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.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2004
Print ISBN
9780415283786
eBook ISBN
9781134454754

Table of contents

  1. COVER PAGE
  2. VIRTUAL THEATRES
  3. TITLE PAGE
  4. COPYRIGHT PAGE
  5. ILLUSTRATIONS
  6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  7. INTRODUCTION
  8. 1: HYPERTEXTUALITIES
  9. 2: CYBORG THEATRE
  10. 3: THE (RE-)CREATION OF NATURE
  11. 4: PERFORMING THROUGH THE HYPERSURFACE
  12. 5: TOWARDS AN AESTHETIC OF VIRTUAL REALITY
  13. CONCLUSION
  14. BIBLIOGRAPHY