1st Edition
Embodiment and Disembodiment in Live Art From Grotowski to Hologram
By Ke Shi
Copyright 2020
236 Pages
34 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
236 Pages
34 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
236 Pages
34 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Liveness is a pivotal issue for performance theorists and artists. As live art covers both embodiment and disembodiment, many scholars have emphasized the former and interpreted the latter as the opposite side of liveness. In this book, the author demonstrates that disembodiment is also an inextricable part of liveness and presence in performance from both practical and theoretical perspectives.... Read more
List of figures. Introduction Chapter 1 Embodiment: Self and Subjectivity Chapter 2 Actualisation, Contingency and Journey to the Unknown Chapter 3 Landscape as the Lifeworld Chapter 4 Disembodiment in Materiality Chapter 5 Disembodiment in its Semiotic Sense Chapter 6 Two Extremes of Disembodiment: Cyborgs and Holograms References. Index
Biography
Shi Ke, poet, theatre and performance maker. He is the Associate Artist at Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol and Guest Professor at Nanjing University. His research interests include contemporary performance, experimental theatre and transcultural practice.
