Performance Projections: Film and the Body in Action
Stephen Barber
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Paperback. Performance Projections explores the dynamic relationship between film and performance, from the origins of film in Europe and the U.S. to examples in the world of contemporary digital media. Num Pages: 176 pages, 60 black & white. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 332.
Performance Projections explores the dynamic relationship between film and performance, from the origins of film in Europe and the U.S. to examples in the world of contemporary digital media. Although these two forms - performance and film - have been vitally connected for more than a century, this is the first book to look with originality and depth at their intersection, particularly in relation to issues and theories of space. The rendering of performance into film has been a seminal preoccupation for both performers and film-makers. Film always does far more than document performance; it actively recreates time and space, ... Read more
Performance Projections explores the dynamic relationship between film and performance, from the origins of film in Europe and the U.S. to examples in the world of contemporary digital media. Although these two forms - performance and film - have been vitally connected for more than a century, this is the first book to look with originality and depth at their intersection, particularly in relation to issues and theories of space. The rendering of performance into film has been a seminal preoccupation for both performers and film-makers. Film always does far more than document performance; it actively recreates time and space, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780233697
SKU
V9781780233697
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99-15
About Stephen Barber
Stephen Barber is a Fellow of Interweaving Performance Cultures research centre at the Freie Universitat Berlin and a professor in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at Kingston University, London. His previous publications include Projected Cities: Cinema and Urban Space (2002), Jean Genet (2006) and Abandoned Images: Film and Film's End (2011), all published by Reaktion Books.
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