Abstract

FERREIRA, Ruben. Performative Aesthetic Action and Theatrical Narrative in Digital Environments: Insights from the 20th Annual Lisbon Academic Theatre Festival and the Production of a Digital Media Art Artefact. Vista [online]. 2024, n.14, e024015.  Epub Dec 31, 2024. ISSN 2184-1284.  https://doi.org/10.21814/vista.5868.

This article examines aesthetic and performative action within a digital context, focusing on the impact of digital devices on theatrical performative narrative, in the context of creation and in the context of exhibition. The study highlights the productions from the 20th edition of the Annual Lisbon Academic Theatre Festival, which were presented online during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the development of a video-performance specifically created for a digital media art artefact. The aim of this performance is to understand the aesthetic phenomena resulting from the transition from physical performance to digital space. Methodologically, the article provides a brief historical contextualisation of video as a recording medium and aesthetic element in theatre performances. It also situates the three artistic languages explored in this study - video, film, and performance - alongside their interconnections within the festival's productions. In addition to examining the sensory signs that emerge from the intersection of performance, video, and the visual arts within the framework of the artefact's video-performance, this study analyses both that performance and those from the festival using Pedro Veiga's (2022) grid, which categorises the intersection of agents and vectors in cyber-performance, reappropriated and expanded for this investigation.

Keywords : video; cinema; video-performance; cyber-performance; digital media art artefact.

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