{"product_id":"9781350663367","title":"We Bring Them Back Re-Presencing the Dead in Performance Through Synthetic Bodies, Holograms and AI","description":"\u003ch1\u003eWe Bring Them Back\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eRe-Presencing the Dead in Performance Through Synthetic Bodies, Holograms and AI\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAndrew Wiskowski\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDRA038030\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe resurrection of the dead through technological simulation is no longer speculative fiction but an emerging cultural practice. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcross AI, holography, digital avatars and synthetic bodies, the deceased now return as simulated revenants - entities that unsettle distinctions between presence and absence, originality and reproduction, life and afterlife.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book conceptualises simulated revenants as hyperreal performers whose ghostly authority challenges the boundaries between fiction and reality. In doing so, it interrogates notions of agency, ethics and grief in today's world, confronting urgent ethical and ontological questions, such as:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat does it mean to perform the dead?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow is agency distributed between human operators and machinic afterlives?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow are contemporary technologies reshaping our relationship to loss, memory and mortality in the posthuman present?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStructured around three modes of simulation - embodiment, projection and psycho-mimicry - the book includes interviews with actors, coders and even a funeral director. It closely analyses works such as Ross Willis's \u003ci\u003eThe Leftovers \u003c\/i\u003e(2014), Caryl Churchill's \u003ci\u003eA Number \u003c\/i\u003e(2002), Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster's \u003ci\u003eOpera \u003c\/i\u003e(2016) and holograms that have reanimated the likes of Maria Callas and ABBA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTogether, these examples reveal how corporeal replicas, spectral projections and conversational ghosts produce forms of presence that are at once artificial and culturally persuasive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAndrew Wiskowski\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent lecturer, artist and researcher based in the US. A specialist in performance, photography, and fine art, he creates performance and mixed-media work and he also mentors faculty and innovates in pedagogy. His research explores affect theory, atmosphere, the mass mind and theatricality in protest and performance. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAesthetic Collectives: On the Nature of Collectivity in Cultural Performance \u003c\/i\u003e(2022).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e08 July 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350663367\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53976391188620,"sku":"9781350663367","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350663367","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}