
The Dumb Type Reader
Museum Tusculanum Press
Published on 1. July 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-87-635-4493-1 (ISBN)
Description
From the 1980s into the early 2000s, the Japanese group Dumb Type mounted multimedia performances that broke substantial new ground in new media dramaturgy and influenced countless performers to follow. This book gathers essays on the group's work, achievement, and influence, analyzing such key works as S/N, which marked the first time a major Japanese artwork staged a debate around the politics of sexuality and difference. Other major works, including pH, OR, and memorandum, are discussed in detail, and contributors also attend to more recent works by individual dumb type artists. This is the most extensive exploration of dumb type to date, featuring leading Japanese and international authorities and will be essential reading for scholars of contemporary performance and new media art.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Copenhagen
Denmark
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-87-635-4493-1 (9788763544931)
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Persons
Peter Eckersall is professor of Asian theater at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Edward Scheer is professor of theater and performance studies at the University of New South Wales. Fujii Shintaro is professor on the faculty of letters at Waseda University.