Cyberformance

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Cyberformance refers to live theatrical performances in which remote participants are enabled to work together in real time through the medium of the internet,

cyber-artistic
environment.

Cyberformance can be created and presented entirely online, for a distributed online audience who participate via internet-connected computers anywhere in the world, or it can be presented to a proximal audience (such as in a physical theatre or gallery venue) with some or all of the performers appearing via the internet; or it can be a hybrid of the two approaches, with both remote and proximal audiences and/or performers.

History and context

The term 'cyberformance' (a

portmanteau word blending 'cyberspace' with 'performance') was coined by the net artist and curator Helen Varley Jamieson.[2] She states that the invention of this term in 2000 "came out of the need to find a word that avoided the polarisation of virtual and real, and the need for a new term (rather than 'online performance' or 'virtual theatre') for a new genre".[3] Jamieson traces the history of cyberformance back to the Satellite Arts Project of 1977,[4] when interactive art pioneers Kit Galloway and Sherrie Rabinowitz used live video mixing to create what they called "a performance space with no geographic boundaries".[5]

Online performances or virtual theatre has taken place in a number of the virtual environments that have emerged since the 1980s, including the multi-user virtual environments known as

Internet Relay Chat, or IRC) in the 1980s, the Palace graphical chatroom in the 1990s, and UpStage, Visitors Studio, Second Life
, Waterwheel Tap and other platforms in the 2000s. Notable cyberformance groups and projects thus far include:

Features of cyberformance

Cyberformance differs from

net art
; however, many cyberformance artists use what is termed 'mixed reality' or 'mixed space' for their work, linking physical, virtual, and cyber spaces in manifold ingenious ways. The internet is often a subject and inspiration of the work as well as being the central enabling technology.

Cyberformers often work with the dual identities afforded by avatars, exploiting the gap between online persona and offline self. They can also take advantage of the ease of switching between avatars in a way unavailable to 'proximal' actors.[17] However cyberformance has its own unique problems, including unstable technology and "real life" interruptions.[18]

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-137-57703-0
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  2. ^ Jung, Patricia (April 2005). "Performers go web". Linux Journal. 2005 (132): 4. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
  3. ^ Jamieson, Helen Varley. "cyberformance". Retrieved 2008-09-23.
  4. ^ Jamieson, Helen Varley. "Timeline". Retrieved 2008-09-23.
  5. ^ "Satellite Arts Project 1977". Electronic Cafe. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
  6. ^ The Hamnet Players
  7. ^ "The Plaintext Players". Archived from the original on 2019-09-24. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  8. ^ "ParkBench". Archived from the original on 2019-09-05. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  9. ^ Desktop Theater
  10. ^ Avatar Body Collision
  11. doi:10.1109/MMUL.2007.69
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  12. ^ aether9
  13. ^ Avatar Orchestra Metaverse
  14. ^ Second Front
  15. ^ "Low Lives". Archived from the original on 2019-09-23. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  16. ISBN 978-0-9582789-9-7. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help
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  17. S2CID 38342687
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  18. ^ Ptacek, Karla; Helen Varley Jamieson (2004-11-30). "Writing 4 Cyberformance". trAce Online Writing Centre. Archived from the original on 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2008-09-23.

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