Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology: Historical Interfaces and Intermedialities

Reilly, Kara

This trans-historical collection explores analogue performance technologies from Ancient Greece to pre-Second World War. From ancient mechanical elephants to early modern automata, Enlightenment electrical experiments to Victorian spectral illusions, this volume offers an original examination of the precursors of contemporary digital performance.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2013-10-22

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137319661

DOI: 10.1057/9781137319678

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 269