Digital Performance A History of New Media in Theater, Dance, Performance Art, and Installation

Name: Digital Performance A History of New Media in Theater, Dance, Performance Art, and Installation
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ISBN: 9780262042352

ISBN-10: 0262042355

ISBN-13: 9780262042352

Edition: 2007

Authors: Steve Dixon, Barry Smith

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In the past decade digital media has been increasingly incorporated into live theater and dance, and forms of interactive performance have emerged in participatory installations, on CD-ROM, and on the Web. This text traces the evolution of these practices, and presents accounts of key practitioners and performances.

Book details

List price: $69.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 2/23/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 828
Size: 7.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 3.476
Language: English

Steve Dixon is President of LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore.



Series Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgments



Introduction



Histories



The Genealogy of Digital Performance



Futurism and the Early-Twentieth-Century Avant-Garde



Multimedia Theater, 1911-1959



Performance and Technology Since 1960



Theories and Contexts



Liveness



Postmodernism and Posthumanism



The Digital Revolution



Digital Dancing and Software Developments



The Body



Virtual Bodies



The Digital Double



Robots



Cyborgs



Space



Digital Theater and Scenic Spectacle



Virtual Reality: The Search for Immersion



Liquid Architectures and Site-Specific Fractures in Reality



Telematics: Conjoining Remote Performance Spaces



Webcams: The Subversion of Surveillance



Online Performance: "Live" from Cyberspace



"Theater" in Cyberspace



Time



Time



Memory



Interactivity



"Performing" Interactivity



Videogames



CD-ROMs



Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index