A comprehensive survey of the history of new media in relation to theatre, dance, performance art and installation. Steve Dixon presents a detailed account of key practitioners and performances and analyses the theoretical, artistic and technological contexts of this form of new media art. This books draws upon Walter Benjamin, Roland Barthes, Jean Baudrillard and others in relation to the works of Stelarc, Robert Lepage, Merce Cunningham, Laurie Anderson and Blast Theory.
MIT Press, London, 2007, 809 pages, black and white images throughout, 18.5cm x 23.5cm.
ISBN: 978-0262042352
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