Bergson and Durational Performance - James Layton

Bergson and Durational Performance

(Re)Ma(r)king Time

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
290 Seiten
2022
Intellect Books (Verlag)
978-1-78938-622-6 (ISBN)
124,60 inkl. MwSt
Explores the possibility of an alternative experience of time, one that is closer to the pure duration described by philosopher Henri Bergson. Contributes to contemporary performance analysis, philosophy and Bergson studies and examines aspects of immersive and participatory performance, ritual and online performance. 9 b&w illus.
Humans have always marked time, whether by using the earth's natural rhythms or with the clock. Unlike pre- industrial people, living in an age of social acceleration is dominated by clock-time and network time, presenting many more options than can possibly be achieved in a human lifespan.



This book explores the possibility of an alternative experience of time, one that is closer to the pure duration described by philosopher Henri Bergson. The discussions in this book contribute to contemporary performance analysis, philosophy and Bergson studies as well as exploring aspects of immersive and participatory performance, walking practices, ritual and online performance.



Using durational performances as case studies, the author demonstrates new insights into Bergson’s philosophy alongside key theorists in psychology and anthropology. Through a series of performance analyses, Bergson's philosophy of duration is coupled with ideas from Maslow, Csikszentmihalyi and Victor Turner to speculate on the possibilities available in challenging an experience of the world in which time is short, but the possibility of experience is abundant.



The main audience is an academic and student market. Undergraduate and postgraduate students of theatre studies, performance and the performing arts, doctoral researchers, researchers interested in time and performance, the relationship between performance and philosophy, those with an interest in philosophy, sociology, anthropology, and psychology will all find much of interest. 



Potential wider readership in those who are interested in the phenomenon of social acceleration, in performance philosophy as well in Bergson’s philosophy.

James Layton is a lecturer in performance at the University of the West of Scotland. His areas of research interest include time and performance, arts and health and creative pedagogies.

List of Figures

Prologue: 15 April 1912

Introduction



PART ONE 

1. Bergson, Pure Memory and Pure Duration

2. Bergson and Durational Performance: Duration, Immersion, Participation, Ritual

3. Durational Performance in a Socially Accelerated Culture: Clock-Time + Network Time = No Time

4. Durational Performance as a Challenge to Smooth Consumption



PART TWO 

5. Peak Time: Bergson and Maslow

6. Flow Time: Bergson and Csikszentmihalyi

7. Time Together: Bergson and Turner

8. Hotel Medea: Memory, Duration and Peak-Experience in an Accelerated Culture

9. All These Are the Days My Friends: Duration and Flow in Einstein on the Beach

10. Walking, Communitas, Ritual and Transformation

11. Marking, Making, Remarking, Remaking Time: Bergson and the Future of Durational Performance



Epilogue: A Manifesto for Durational Performance

Postscript: Arriving at the Crack of Dawn for a Plagueground Game Show

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 5 Halftones, black and white; 3 Tables, black and white
Sprache englisch
Maße 170 x 244 mm
Gewicht 680 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Theater / Ballett
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie
ISBN-10 1-78938-622-5 / 1789386225
ISBN-13 978-1-78938-622-6 / 9781789386226
Zustand Neuware
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