When the audience becomes the performer: a response to Last Words
Nicole M. Costantini
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Nicole M. Costantini
Abstract
This essay is a response to Kirt A. Shineman’s Last Words, staged at the NCA Annual Convention in November 2021. The author uses this essay to reflect upon the potential impacts of experimental, audience-activated performance work and the challenges of adapting immersive performance for conference spaces.
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This essay is a response to Kirt A. Shineman’s Last Words, staged at the NCA Annual Convention in November 2021. The author uses this essay to reflect upon the potential impacts of experimental, audience-activated performance work and the challenges of adapting immersive performance for conference spaces.
Key concepts: Performing arts, Convention, Audience response, Visual arts, Media studies, Sociology, Aesthetics, History