Modes Of Spectating

Description:
The notion of spectator ship has become of increasing interest as artists develop experimental works and manufacturers seek to produce the means for viewing such works. 'Modes of Spectating' explores the visual landscapes which spectators encounter, and how they perceive what they view.The volume questions the effect of different mediums on the spectator and asks not only how we view, but also how what we view determines what artists create. Chapters discuss how gaming and televisual media and entertainment are used by young people, and the psychological challenges of human beings in their new 'spectated' surroundings of virtual worlds and media. Themes explored include aesthetics, the body and mind and digital entertainment, looked at through the lenses of gaming art, photography, sculpture and performance, making it a useful text for scholars of all disciplines of media and art.

Table of Contents:
Introduction: 'Visions Now: Life is a Screen' - Page 7 - Alison Oddey and Christine White Chapter 1: 'Altered States' - Page 17 - Christine White Chapter 2: 'A Quick Walk Through Uncanny Valley' - Page 29 - Saint John Walker Chapter 3: 'Spectatorship and Action Research Performance Models' - Page 41 - Lizbeth Goodman, Esther MacCallum-Stewart and Vicki Munsell Chapter 4: 'The Active Audience: The Network as a Performance Environment' - Page 61 - Gregory Sporton Chapter 5: 'The Audience in Second Life: Thoughts on the Virtual Spectator' - Page 73 - Dan Zellner Chapter 6: 'Cultural Use of Cyberspace: Paradigms of Digital Reality' - Page 83 - Iryna Kuksa Chapter 7: 'Observing the Interactive Movie Experience: The Artist's Approach to Responsive Audience Interaction Design' - Page 99 - Chris Hales Chapter 8: 'Interior Spectating: Viewing Inner Imagery in Psychotherapy' - Page 119 - Valerie Thomas Chapter 9: 'Tuning-in to Sound and Space: Hearing, Voicing and Walking' - Page 133 - Alison Oddey Chapter 10: 'Picturing Men: Performers and Spectators' - Page 147 - Jeremy Mulvey Chapter 11: 'Haptic Visuality: The Dissective View in Performance' - Page 163 - Gianna Bouchard Chapter 12: 'Touched by Human Hands' - Page 177 - Roma Patel Chapter 13: 'Dwellings in Image-spaces' - Page 197 - Maiju Loukola Chapter 14: 'Embodiment, Ambulation and Duration' - Page 207 - Craig G. Staff Chapter 15: 'Odd Anonymized Needs: Punchdrunk's Masked Spectator' - Page 219 - Gareth White Chapter 16: 'Sites of Performance: The Wollenstonecraft Live Experience!' - Page 231 - Anna Birch

Author Biography:
Alison Oddey is Professor of Contemporary Performance and Visual Culture at the University of Northampton Christine White teaches at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge