The politics of new media theatre : Life /

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Author / Creator:Giannachi, Gabriella.
Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
Description:xii, 151 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; 6
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6224728
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ISBN:041534946X (hbk)
9780415349468 (hbk)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [138]-146) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Global
  • Performing globalisation
  • Resistance: theatre as hacktivism
  • Electronic Disturbance Theater
  • Etoy
  • Mark and The Yes Men
  • 3. City
  • Globalising the city
  • Knowbotic Research
  • The spectacle of surveillance
  • Surveillance Camera Players
  • Blast Theory
  • 4. Body
  • Scarring the post-human body
  • Stelarc
  • Body parts
  • Orlan
  • The augmented body: Kevin Warwick and Steve Mann
  • 5. Animals and plants
  • The industry of nature
  • Pharming: 'anomal' and plant performance
  • Eduardo Kac
  • The nature of Artificial Life
  • Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau
  • 6. Cell
  • Patenting Cell
  • Semi-living art: Eduardo Kac, Marcel-li Antunez Roca, Oron Catts, Ionat Zurr and SymbioticA
  • The cellular practice of the Critical Art Ensemble
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index