Review: Ethics and Images of Pain
byAsbjørn Grønstad and Henrik Gustafsson, editors, Ethics and Images of Pain, Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies 1 (London: Routledge, 2012), xxiii +…
Art, Embodiment, and the Digital
The Virtual Iconostasis
byFifteen years into the 21st century, the once definitive line between screen and world, both topographically and ontologically, is rapidly diffusing. Legitimate virtual reality—something…
Getting Groovy: The Return of Analog
byThere’s a trend afoot. More and more millennials, among others, are opting to listen to their music the old-fashioned way: on cassettes and on…
Virtually Present: Theatre, Embodiment, and the Incarnation
byAt what point can a work of theatre no longer be called a work of theatre? While definitions may be elusive (springing as they…
Is There Holy Digital Ground?
byIn the rehearsal room of Friargate Theatre, York, I sat with my friend and collaborator as we created a piece of theatre; we were…
The Intimacy of Embodiment & the Art of Portrayal
byIn his appendix “The Ethos of the Body in Art and Media,” John Paul II begins by saying, in painting or sculpture, man/body always…
Embodying Art: Renewing Religion?
byEverything we experience has to be embodied. Or, better, every experience we have can only be perceived, received, experienced by a sentient, embodied individual….