Being an audience participant can be a confusing and contradictory experience. When a performance requires us to do things, we are put in the situation of being both actor and spectator, of being part of the work of art while also being the audience who receives it, and of being both perceiving subject and aesthetic object. This book examines these contradictions - and many others - as they appear by accident and by design in increasingly popular forms of interactive, immersive, and participatory performance in theatre and live art.
Borrowing concepts from cognitive philosophy and bringing them into a conversation with critical theory, Gareth White sharply examines meaning as a process that happens to us as we are engaged in the problems and negotiations of a participatory performance.
This study will be of great interest to scholars and students of theatre and performance, intermedial arts and games studies, and to practising artists.
| ISBN: | 9781032660967 |
| Publication date: | 27th May 2025 |
| Author: | Gareth White |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 188 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies |
| Genres: |
Theatre studies Performance art |
Being an audience participant can be a confusing and contradictory experience. When a performance requires us to do things, we are put in the situation of being both actor and spectator, of being part of the work of art while also being the audience who receives it, and of being both perceiving subject and aesthetic object. This book examines these contradictions - and many others - as they appear by accident and by design in increasingly popular forms of interactive, immersive, and participatory performance in theatre and live art.
Borrowing concepts from cognitive philosophy and bringing them into a conversation with critical theory, Gareth White sharply examines meaning as a process that happens to us as we are engaged in the problems and negotiations of a participatory performance.
This study will be of great interest to scholars and students of theatre and performance, intermedial arts and games studies, and to practising artists.
Meaning in the Midst of Performance features in the following genres: Theatre studies, Performance art
Meaning in the Midst of Performance is available in Paperback, Hardback
Meaning in the Midst of Performance was written by Gareth White and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Meaning in the Midst of Performance has 188 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies series
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