Logomimesis - A Treatise on the Performing Body

This book is a study of the performing arts, the body and language. Inspired by contemporary artistic research and performance philosophy, Esa Kirkkopelto proposes a new understanding of embodiment that has no direct counterpart in existing philosophies of the body, in natural science, or in everyday experience.

List of contents

Foreword; Introduction; Part I: The Deduction Of The Scenic Body; Chapter 1: The scenic body of a word; Chapter 2: The linguistic nature of the performing body; Part II: Logomimetic Meditations; Chapter 3: The virtual body of the performer; Chapter 4: Virtual objects on stage; Chapter 5: The virtual space of performance; Chapter 6: The rhythm of the scenic gesture; Chapter 7: The scenic apocatastasis; Conclusion

About the author

Esa Kirkkopelto is a performance artist, philosopher, and artist researcher focusing on the deconstruction of the performing body in theory and practice. Kirkkopelto was Professor of Artistic Research at the University of the Arts Helsinki (Finland) in 2007-2018 and now holds a similar professorship at the Tampere University. He is a theatre director and founding member of the live art collective Other Spaces.

Summary

This book is a study of the performing arts, the body and language. Inspired by contemporary artistic research and performance philosophy, Esa Kirkkopelto proposes a new understanding of embodiment that has no direct counterpart in existing philosophies of the body, in natural science, or in everyday experience.

Product details

• Authors: Esa Kirkkopelto
• Assisted by: Kate Sotejeff-Wilson (Translation)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032564678
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3256467-8
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, ART / Performance, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, Theatre Studies, Philosophy: aesthetics, Performance Art, Acting techniques, Digital Animation, COMPUTERS / Design, Graphics & Media / Video & Animation