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Steve Dixon | 832 pages | 03 Apr 2007 | MIT Press Ltd | 9780262042352 | English | Cambridge, Mass., United States Performance art - Wikipedia

The and Installation decade has seen an extraordinarily intense period of experimentation with within the performing . has been increasingly incorporated into live theater and dance, and new forms of interactive performance have emerged in participatory installations, on CD-ROM, and on the Web. For a theoretical perspective on digital performance, Dixon draws on the work of Walter Benjamin, Roland Barthes, Jean Baudrillard, and others. To document and analyze contemporary digital performance practice, Dixon considers changes in the representation of the body, space, and time. Finally, he defines categories of interactivity, from navigational to participatory and collaborative. You must log in to post a comment. Forgot your password? Remember Me. No account? Sign up. Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a and Installation to create a new password via email. Already have an account? Login instead. Share This Post. Like this: Like Loading Books digital performance interactive performance jean baudrillard merce cunningham new media art robert lepage roland barthes steve dixon virtual bodies. Caden Manson Dance In Chief. Related Articles. September 11, March 18, November 26, June 17, January Digital Performance: A History of New Media in Theater, February 5, Week In Review: Dance 29, May 29, Featured: Blast Theory Brighton, England. November 24, November 11, Login Forgot your password? Connect with:. Lost Password Please enter your username or email address. Digital Performance | The MIT Press

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