Greek Tragedy and the Digital

Adopting an innovative and theoretical approach, Greek Tragedy and the Digital is an original study of the encounter between Greek tragedy and digital media in contemporary performance. It challenges Greek tragedy conventions through the contemporary arsenal of sound masks, avatars, live code poetry, new media art and digital cognitive experimentations. These technological innovations in performances of Greek tragedy shed new light on contemporary transformations and adaptations of classical myths, while raising emerging questions about how augmented reality works within interactive and immersive environments. Drawing on cutting-edge productions and theoretical debates on performance and the digital, this collection considers issues including performativity, liveness, immersion, intermediality, aesthetics, technological fragmentation, conventions of the chorus, theatre as hypermedia and reception theory in relation to Greek tragedy. Case studies include Kzryztof Warlikowski, Jan Fabre, Romeo Castellucci, Katie Mitchell, Georges Lavaudant, The Wooster Group, Labex Arts-H2H, Akram Khan, Urland & Crew, Medea Electronique, Robert Wilson, Klaus Obermaier, Guy Cassiers, Luca di Fusco, Ivo Van Hove, Avra Sidiropoulou and Jay Scheib. This is an incisive, interdisciplinary study that serves as a practice model for conceptualizing the ways in which Greek tragedy encounters digital culture in contemporary performance.>

Product details

• Authors: Angeliki Poulou, George Rodosthenous, Rodosthenous George
• Assisted by: Poulou Angeliki Poulou (Editor), Rodosthenous George Rodosthenous (Editor), Angeliki Poulou (Editor), George Rodosthenous (Editor), Rodosthenous George (Editor)
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9781350185852
• ISBN: 978-1-350-18585-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 220 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, DRAMA / Ancient & Classical, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, Theatre Studies, Classical texts, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Electronic, holographic & video art, Internet and digital media: arts and performance, Digital, video and new media arts, Ancient Greek and Roman literature