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This collection of essays and interviews investigates current practices that expand our understanding and experience of performance through the use of state-of-the-art technologies. It brings together leading practitioners, writers and curators who explore the intersections between theatre, performance and digital technologies, challenging expectations and furthering discourse across the disciplines. As technologies become increasingly integrated into theatre and performance, Interfaces of Performance revisits key elements of performance practice in order to investigate emergent paradigms. To do this five concepts integral to the core of all performance are foregrounded, namely environments, bodies, audiences, politics of practice and affect. The thematic structure of the volume has been designed to extend current discourse in the field that is often led by formalist analysis focusing on technology per se. The proposed approach intends to unpack conceptual elements of performance practice, investigating the strategic use of a diverse spectrum of technologies as a means to artistic ends. The focus is on the ideas, objectives and concerns of the artists who integrate technologies into their work. In so doing, these inquisitive practitioners research new dramaturgies and methodologies in order to create innovative experiences for, and encounters with, their audiences.
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Interfaces of Performance
Edited by Maria Chatzichristodoulou, Janis Jefferies and Rachel Zerihan
Interfaces of Performance
Digital Research in the Arts and Humanities Series Editors Marilyn Deegan, Lorna Hughes and Harold Short Digital technologies are becoming increasingly important to arts and humanities research and are expanding the horizons of our working methods. This important series will cover a wide range of disciplines with each volume focusing on a particular area, identifying the ways in which technology impacts specific subjects. The aim is to provide an authoritative reflection of the ‘state of the art’ in the application of computing and technology. The series will be critical reading for experts in digital humanities and technology issues but will also be of wide interest to all scholars working in humanities and arts research. AHRC ICT Methods Network Editorial Board Sheila Anderson, King’s College London Chris Bailey, Leeds Metropolitan University Bruce Brown, University of Brighton Mark Greengrass, University of Sheffield Susan Hockey, University College London Sandra Kemp, Royal College of Art Simon Keynes, University of Cambridge Julian Richards, University of York Seamus Ross, University of Glasgow Charlotte Roueché, King’s College London Kathryn Sutherland, University of Oxford Andrew Wathey, Northumbria University Other titles in the series Modern Methods for Musicology Prospects, Proposals, and Realities Edited by Tim Crawford and Lorna Gibson ISBN 978 0 7546 7302 6 What’s in a Word-list? Investigating Word Frequency and Keyword Extraction Edited by Dawn Archer ISBN 978 0 7546 7240 1
Interfaces of Performance
Edited by Maria Chatzichristodoulou University of Hull Janis Jefferies Goldsmiths, University of London Rachel Zerihan Queen Mary, University of London
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