Working theatrically with technology Systemic Dramaturgy offers an
invigorating, practical look at the daunting cultural problems of
the digital age as they relate to performance. Authors Michael Mark
Chemers and Mike Sell reject the incompatibility of theatre with
robots, digital media, and videogames. Instead, they argue that
problems with technology are really problems of art: How can we
tell this story and move this audience with these tools? And when
we have different tools, should that change the stories we tell?
This volume attunes readers to “systemic dramaturgy”—the
recursive elements of signification, innovation, and history that
underlie all performance—arguing that theatre must be understood
as a system of systems, a concatenation of people, places, things,
politics, feelings, and interpretations, ideally working together
to entertain and edify an audience. The authors discuss in-depth
the application of time-tested dramaturgical skills to
extra-theatrical endeavors, including multi-platform performance,
installations, and videogames. And they identify the unique
interventions that dramaturgs can and must make into these art
forms. More than any other book that has been published in the
field, Systemic Dramaturgy places historical dramaturgy in
conversation with technologies as old as the deux ex machina and as
new as artificial intelligence. A spirited and playful blend, the
volume collates histories, transcripts, and case studies and
applies the concepts of systemic dramaturgy to works both old and
avant-garde. Between chapters, Chemers and Sell include
conversations with some of the most forward-thinking, innovative,
and creative people working in live media as they share their
diverse approaches to the challenges of making performances, games,
and digital media that move both heart and mind. This volume is
nothing less than a guide for thinking about the future evolution
of performance.
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