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Theatre, Performance and Analogue Technology

Historical Interfaces and Intermedialities

Kara Reilly

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English
Palgrave Macmillan
25 October 2013
This trans-historical collection explores analogue performance technologies from Ancient Greece to pre-Second World War. From ancient mechanical elephants to early modern automata, Enlightenment electrical experiments to Victorian spectral illusions, this volume offers an original examination of the precursors of contemporary digital performance.
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Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   490g
ISBN:   9781137319661
ISBN 10:   1137319666
Series:   Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology
Pages:   269
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Odai Johnson, University of Washington, USA Richard Beacham, King's College, UK Victor Holtcamp, Tulane University, USA Brandin BarĂ³n-Nusbaum, University of California, USA Katherine Newey, University of Exeter, UK Kara Reilly, University of Exeter, UK Johannes Birringer, Brunel University, UK Ciara Murphy, University of Pennsylvania, USA Beth A. Kattelman, Ohio State University, USA Naomi J. Stubbs, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY, USA Adrian Curtin, University of Exeter, UK Michael M. Chemers, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA

Reviews for Theatre, Performance and Analogue Technology: Historical Interfaces and Intermedialities

'These explorations of intriguing oddities of performance history, interspersed by 46 illustrations, covers projects ranging from Richard Beacham's minutely re-created Roman-era toy theatre with mechanized movable parts to Michael Chemers's ongoing work with robots whose artificial intelligences lack (to date) what is understood as empathy... Recommended [for] graduate students, researchers, faculty, technical students, professionals, general readers.' - CHOICE 'Reilly's collection is important in challenging technology's tendency to impose a hegemony of the new through extending con - versations about the interrelation ship between performance and technology to a long and rich pre-digital past.'- Maria Chatzichristodoulou, New Theatre Quarterly


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