The course will be an investigation of performance across a range of creative media and technologies. It will apply contemporary theories of performance, such as postmodernism and posthumanism, consciousness and the virtual double, telematics and telepresence, and liveness and mediatisation to critique and devise performance in contexts alternative to conventional theatre, with a primary focus on technology. The course seeks to inform students of the increasing use of technology in performance and encourages students to think critically about the various philosophical, aesthetic, cultural and critical issues arising from this interface of technology and theatre. 1 History of Theatre, Performance and Technology 2 Postmodernism and Posthumanism 3 Forms of Digital Performance: Virtual Theatres, Mixed Reality Performance, Televisual Theatre, Cyborg Theatre 4 Theatre and Virtual Reality 5 Identities in Digital / Virtual Spaces 6 Liveness, Mediation and Presence 7 Telematics and Telepresence 8 Changing Role of the Spectator in Digital Performance
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