Esa Kirkkopelto

Logomimesis

A Treatise On The Performing Body
Übersetzer: Sotejeff-Wilson, Kate

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032564678
• ISBN-10: 1032564679
• Artikelnr.: 71183700

Autorenporträt

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 in 2007-2018 and now holds a similar professorship at the University of Tampere. He is a founding member of the performance art group Other Spaces.

Inhaltsangabe

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