Embodiment and Disembodiment in Live Art From Grotowski to Hologram

Synopsis

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.
   By applying phenomenological theory to live performance, the author investigates the possible realisation of aesthetic dynamics in live art via re-engagement with the notions of embodiment, especially in the sense provided by philosophers such as Gabriel Marcel and Morris Merleau-Ponty. Creative practices from leading performance artists such as Franko B, Ron Athey, Manuel Vason and others, as well as experimental ensembles such as Goat Island, La Pocha Nostra, Forced Entertainment and the New Youth are discussed, offering a new perspective to re-frame human-human relationships such as the one between actor and spectator and collaborations in live genres
   In addition, the author presents a new interpretation model for the human-material in live genres, helping to bridge the aesthetic gaps between performance art and experimental theatre and providing an ecological paradigm for performance art, experimental theatre and live art.

Book details

Series:

China Perspectives

Author:

Ke Shi

ISBN:

9781000764703

Related ISBNs:

9781003000846, 9780367430160, 9780367430160

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Pages:

N/A

Reading age:

Not specified

Includes images:

Yes

Date of addition:

2020-03-22

Usage restrictions:

Copyright

Copyright date:

2020

Copyright by:

Shi Ke. The right of Shi Ke to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with sections 

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Categories:

Art and Architecture, Drama, Plays and Theater, History, Nonfiction