Review: Ethics and Images of Pain
Asbjørn Grønstad and Henrik Gustafsson, editors, Ethics and Images of Pain, Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies 1 (London: Routledge, 2012), xxiii +…
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The Virtual Iconostasis
Fifteen years into the 21st century, the once definitive line between screen and world, both topographically and ontologically, is rapidly diffusing. Legitimate virtual reality—something…
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Getting Groovy: The Return of Analog
There’s a trend afoot. More and more millennials, among others, are opting to listen to their music the old-fashioned way: on cassettes and on…
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Virtually Present: Theatre, Embodiment, and the Incarnation
At what point can a work of theatre no longer be called a work of theatre? While definitions may be elusive (springing as they…
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Is There Holy Digital Ground?
In the rehearsal room of Friargate Theatre, York, I sat with my friend and collaborator as we created a piece of theatre; we were…
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The Intimacy of Embodiment & the Art of Portrayal
In his appendix “The Ethos of the Body in Art and Media,” John Paul II begins by saying, in painting or sculpture, man/body always…
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Embodying Art: Renewing Religion?
Everything we experience has to be embodied. Or, better, every experience we have can only be perceived, received, experienced by a sentient, embodied individual….
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Introduction: Art, Embodiment, and the Digital Symposium
This week, Transpositions turns its attention to ‘Art, Embodiment and the Digital’ and the issues that surround the intersection of these three concepts/things. It…
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