Gabriella Giannachi

Virtual Theatres

An Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

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 analyses 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 G<mez-Pe?a *Marcel-l? Ant.nez Roca *Jeffrey Shaw *Stelarc. This is the first full-length book of its kind to offer an investigation of the interface between theatre, performance and digital arts. 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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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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: RU24672
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 140mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 334g
• ISBN-13: 9780415283793
• ISBN-10: 0415283795
• Artikelnr.: 13976714

Autorenporträt

Gabriella Giannachi is a lecturer in Theatre Studies at the University of Lancaster, where her specialist areas include new technologies and performance. She is also co-editor of On Directing (1999) and co-author of Staging the Post-Avant-Garde (2002).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 Hypertextualities 2 Cyborg theatre 3 The (re-)creation of nature 4 Performing through the hypersurface 5 Towards an aesthetic of virtual reality, Conclusion

Rezensionen

'A welcome addition to the growing range of works currently available on virtual reality and performance. It is clearly written and offers a useful historical overview of the field to date ... Giannachi has done impressive work in collating a vast and stimulating array of relevant examples ... There is no question that Virtual Theatres is a tremendously useful teaching and research resource. It will be of great use to teachers of new media, as well as post-graduate and under-graduate students of theatre studies.' - Studies in Theatre Performance

'A welcome addition to the growing range of works currently available on virtual reality and performance. It is clearly written and offers a useful historical overview of the field to date ... Giannachi has done impressive work in collating a vast and stimulating array of relevant examples ... There is no question that Virtual Theatres is a tremendously useful teaching and research resource. It will be of great use to teachers of new media, as well as post-graduate and under-graduate students of theatre studies.' - Studies in Theatre Performance