A state between

Scott, JE

Abstract

This paper examines the ‘state between’ occupied by the
performer in a live media performance. Working from
Matthew Causey’s contention that ‘the performer
becomes the medium through which the technology
reaches the audience’ [2, p.45], the argument presented
is that within live media performance modes, the
performer actually occupies a dual state whereby she is
both active within and acted upon by the developing
experience which is generated.
Through an examination of the onstage technology
employed within a live intermedial performance, the
forms of live interaction resultant from its use by the
improvising performer are analysed. This direct
interaction with onstage technology, which constitutes
much of the performance, is seen to generate further
strands of exchange and feedback between performer,
experiencer and the experience itself, resulting in a live
and ever-shifting ‘state between’ being occupied by the
performer.

Citation

Scott, J. A state between. Presented at Live Interfaces, University of Leeds

• Presentation Conference Type: Other
• Conference Name: Live Interfaces
• Conference Location: University of Leeds
• Deposit Date: Aug 18, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 18, 2015
• Additional Information: Event Type : Conference