(Syn)aesthetics and immersive theatre: embodied beholding in Lundahl & Seitl’s Rotating in a Room of Images

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Machon, J. 2013. (Syn)aesthetics and immersive theatre: embodied beholding in Lundahl & Seitl’s Rotating in a Room of Images. in: Shaughnessy, N. (ed.) Affective performance and cognitive science Bloomsbury Methuen Drama.
Chapter title(Syn)aesthetics and immersive theatre: embodied beholding in Lundahl & Seitl’s Rotating in a Room of Images
AuthorsMachon, J.
Abstract

[Summary of the book containing this chapter:] This book explores new developments in the dialogues between science and theatre and offers an introduction to a fast-expanding area of research and practice.The cognitive revolution in the humanities is creating new insights into the audience experience, performance processes and training. Scientists are collaborating with artists to investigate how our brains and bodies engage with performance to create new understanding of perception, emotion, imagination and empathy. Divided into four parts, each introduced by an expert editorial from leading researchers in the field, this edited volume offers readers an understanding of some of the main areas of collaboration and research:
1. Dances with Science;
2. Touching Texts and Embodied Performance;
3. The Multimodal Actor;
4. Affecting Audiences.
Throughout its history theatre has provided exciting and accessible stagings of science, while contemporary practitioners are increasingly working with scientific and medical material. As Honour Bayes reported in the Guardian in 2011, the relationships between theatre, science and performance are 'exciting, explosive and unexpected'. Affective Performance and Cognitive Science charts new directions in the relations between disciplines, exploring how science and theatre can impact upon each other with reference to training, drama texts, performance and spectatorship.
The book assesses the current state of play in this interdisciplinary field, facilitating cross disciplinary exchange and preparing the way for future studies.

Research GroupTheatre Arts group
Book titleAffective performance and cognitive science
EditorsShaughnessy, N.
PublisherBloomsbury Methuen Drama
ISBN
Hardcover9781408185773
Publication dates
Print05 Dec 2013
Publication process dates
Deposited12 Mar 2014
Output statusPublished
LanguageEnglish
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