{"title":"Series: Performance and Design","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003ePerformance and Design\u003c\/strong\u003e series offers a diverse exploration of how creativity and strategy shape our world. Spanning subjects from \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy \u0026amp; Psychology\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eFinance \u0026amp; Investment\u003c\/em\u003e, and from \u003cem\u003eComputing \u0026amp; Technology\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Military\u003c\/em\u003e, these titles invite thoughtful engagement with ideas that inform personal excellence and innovative thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders will find inspiration in works that challenge conventions and illuminate progress across disciplines. Whether delving into the nuances of business, the richness of travel, or the imaginative realms of children's stories and graphic novels, this collection celebrates the art of purposeful design and dynamic performance.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"virtual-models-in-theatre-art-and-architecture-by-thea-brejzek-9781350449800","title":"Virtual Models in Theatre, Art and Architecture","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is the impact of virtual models and realms in contemporary theatre, art and architecture?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume explores the evolution of virtual models, their transformative spatial potential, and their capacity for world-making using a range of case studies drawn from global contemporary theatre, art and architecture practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt draws upon a rich array of contemporary examples, including the Japanese artist collective Dumb Type, Chinese artist Lu Yang, US-Iranian artist Morehshin Allahyari, Björk, and the UK research agency Forensic Architecture. In parallel, a historical overview focused on the formative years of digital society provides context to the rapid development of virtual technologies, including the work of architecture collectives Superstudio and Archigram and seminal art, performance and technology collaborations from 1960s New York onward, enabled by institutions such as MoMA and Bell Labs. Behind this inquiry is a historical and theoretical positioning of the immaterial and its relationship to the material.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDiscussing emerging forms of expanded reality (XR) as devices in the theoretical and cultural framework of the virtual model, this study reveals the processes made visible in exhibitions, installations and performances while focusing on overlapping spaces, narratives and actors as they contribute to constructing virtual worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVirtual Models in Theatre, Art and Architecture\u003c\/em\u003e: Making Worlds reframes the virtual model as \u003cem\u003edispositif\u003c\/em\u003e at the interface of the real, the fictional and the virtual, encouraging the reader to critically consider how new technologies open new spaces for knowledge creation and creative expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471878013164,"sku":"9781350449800","price":187.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/af6c84065a1417d08366d56a5584080e.jpg?v=1775692915"},{"product_id":"contemporary-performance-lighting-9781350195165","title":"Contemporary Performance Lighting","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eContemporary Performance Lighting\u003c\/em\u003e is the first major collection of critical responses to performance lighting, featuring contributions from award-winning lighting designers, researchers, and artists. This book showcases recent examples of work, with case studies of lighting practices in Britain, Europe, the US, and China, combined with theoretical and analytical approaches to practice. It will enrich your understanding of the role and potential of light in performance and related creative practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume explores three core themes and provides a framework for thinking through the role of light in performance:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. Experience\u003c\/strong\u003e — Considers both the audience's experience of light and the ways in which light influences the experience of performers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. Creativity\u003c\/strong\u003e — Examines both the creative, performative capacities of light in performance, as well as the creative practices of lighting designers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. Meaning\u003c\/strong\u003e — Offers an expanded view of performance aesthetics by examining the capacity of light to influence and generate meaning within performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe case studies are drawn from a wide array of lighting practice, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eJennifer Tipton on the role of light as a structural language in performance\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eJesper Kongshaug on the lighting of Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLucy Carter on her work in installation and dance\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePsyche Chui on the productive fusion of Western lighting techniques with contemporary Chinese opera\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eKatharine Williams on the role of light in feminist political theatre made by RashDash\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePaule Constable on storytelling with light in a range of productions, including \u003cem\u003eWar Horse\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596049694956,"sku":"9781350195165","price":60.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350195165-contemporary-performance-lighting.jpg?v=1777914447"},{"product_id":"digital-scenography-by-neill-odwyer-9781350232754","title":"Digital Scenography","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the PQ Best Publication Award in Performance Design \u0026amp; Scenography 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDigital Scenography\u003c\/em\u003e uses digital media theory to explore contemporary understandings of expanded scenography as spatial practice. It surveys and analyses a selection of groundbreaking, experimental digital media performances that comprise a genealogy spanning the last 30 years, in order to show how the arrival of digital technologies has profoundly transformed performance practice. Performances are selected based on their ability to elicit the unique specificities of digital media in new and original ways, thereby exposing both the richness and shortcomings of digital culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eO'Dwyer argues that contemporary scenography is largely propelled by and dependent on digital technologies and represents a rich, fertile domain, where unbridled creativity can explore new techniques and challenge the limits of knowledge. The 30-year genealogy includes works by Troika Ranch, Stelarc, Klaus Obermaier, Chunky Move, Onion Lab, and Blast Theory. In addition to applying a broad scope of performance analysis and aesthetic theory, the work includes artists’ interviews and opinions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume opens important aesthetic, philosophical, and socio-political themes to highlight the impact of digital technologies on scenographic practice and the blossoming of experimental interdisciplinarity. Ultimately, the book is an exploration of how evolutionary leaps in technology contribute to how humans think, act, make work, engage one another, and therefore construct meaning and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596229230828,"sku":"9781350232754","price":126.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350232754-digital-scenography.jpg?v=1777918366"},{"product_id":"scenography-expanded-9781474244398","title":"Scenography Expanded","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the 2019 TaPRA Edited Collection Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eScenography Expanded\u003c\/em\u003e is a foundational text offering readers a thorough introduction to contemporary performance design, both in and beyond the theatre. It examines the potential of the visual, spatial, technological, material, and environmental aspects of performance to shape performative encounters. It analyses examples of scenography as sites of imaginative exchange and transformative experience and discusses the social, political, and ethical dimensions of performance design. The international range of contributors and case studies provide clear perspectives on why scenographic design has become a central consideration for performance makers today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe extended introduction defines the characteristics of 21st-century scenography and examines the scope and potentials of this new field. Across five sections, the volume provides examples and case studies which richly illustrate the scope of contemporary scenographic practice and analyse the various ways in which it is used in global cultural contexts. These include mainstream theatre practice, experimental theatre, installation and live art, performance in the city, large-scale events and popular entertainments, and performances by and for specific communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47598118994156,"sku":"9781474244398","price":50.59,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/7c12da2c99e9fcd794919eabdd676688.jpg?v=1778027162"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/series-performance-and-design.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}