about presence

About Presence

Presence is a special e-journal project initiated by the editorial board of ePAI, the electronic incarnation of the formerly print-based journal Performance Arts International. Funded and published by the School of Arts at Middlesex University (UK), ePAI is currently in the process of re-framing its scope and focus, the better to address the challenges of online academic knowledge production. To this end, Presence has served as an opportunity for innovation and experimentation.

A collaboration between Paul Rae, Michael Atavar, and Roberto Battista (graphic designer), the project explores ways of presenting academic and related work in a manner that is specific to the online medium, while respecting the dominant conventions that govern the publication of research. To this end, a range of writers and artists have contributed pieces that intersect, at some level, reflections on performance, and the specific conditions of the Internet. The aim was to produce a site with a clean, strong visual identity versatile enough to incorporate a range of presentational styles without turning its back on academic convention. The articles themselves offer a range of perspectives on contemporary performance and performance theory, with questions of the actual and the virtual emerging as a recurring theme.

Contact details for each contributor are listed on their dedicated 'home pages'.

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