Remote CTRL: Rehearsing Performative Ethics in Theatres of Contemporary War

This essay examines how strategies of post-dramatic theatre, which include interactivity, co-determined meaning, and an often deliberately porous relationship between reality and representation, are being employed by performance artists and activists to exert pressure on habits of passive spectators...

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Published in:Theatre journal (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2021-12, Vol.73 (4), p.489-510
Main Author: Morrison, Elise
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Audiences
Computer & video games
Dramaturges
Dramaturgy
Ethics
Interfaces
Military personnel
Performance theory
Post traumatic stress disorder
Theater
Trauma
Virtual reality
War
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Summary:This essay examines how strategies of post-dramatic theatre, which include interactivity, co-determined meaning, and an often deliberately porous relationship between reality and representation, are being employed by performance artists and activists to exert pressure on habits of passive spectatorship and immobilized ethical responsiveness that have been induced by spectacular representations of war in mainstream media, entertainment, and theatrical performance.
ISSN:0192-2882
1086-332X
1086-332X
DOI:10.1353/tj.2021.0106