This collection interrogates the interaction between new technologies and performance practice, linking the sensuous contact that must exist between the physical and virtual, together with the resultant corporeal transformation. It features writings from international contributors who specialize in digital art and performance practices.
List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Introduction; Body, Space and Technology; S.Broadhurst& J.Machon Bodies Without Bodies; S.Melrose Truth-Seeker's Allowance: Digitising Artaud; S.Dixon Transformed Landscapes; The Choreographic Displacement of Location and Locomotion in Film; J.J.Cook Saira Virous : Game Choreography in Multiplayer Online Performance Spaces; J.Birringer Artistic Considerations in the Use of Motion Tracking with Live Performers: A Practical Guide; R.Wechsler Materials vs. Content in Digitally Mediated Performance; M.Coniglio Learning to Dance with Angelfish; Choreographic Encounters between Virtuality and Reality; C.Brown Kinaesthetic Traces across Material Forms; G.Schiller Sensuous Geographics and Fugitive Moments ; The Interface of Body and Technology; S.Rubidge Body Waves Sound Waves; B.Edwards& B.Jarlett Intelligence, Interaction, Reaction, and Performance; S.Broadhurst The Tissue Culture and Art Project; O.Catts& I.Zurr Addenda, Phenomenology, Embodiment: Cyborgs and Disability Performance; P.Kuppers Technology as Bridge to Greater Audience Participation; C.Carson Afterword; P.Auslander Index
