Systemic Dramaturgy - A Handbook for the Digital Age (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Southern Illinois University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Theater in the Americas
Release date:	2023
Authors:	Michael Mark Chemers • Mikesell • Marianne Weems
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	290
ISBN-13:	978-0-8093-3831-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Impact of science & technology on society Promotions
LSN:	0-8093-3831-9
Barcode:	9780809338313

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