SRISHEARE DN reaNson WL Ws INAWEGARDE RIGOR ce aN MATEMAL EXCHANGE Cyborg Theatre Corporeal/Technological Intersections in Multimedia Performance Jennifer Parker-tarbuckConclusion: Remembering Bodies, Becoming-Cyborg he xanga of arte made of pstelating thes ing gee ne Idd compe spre dsiplarent ‘aul smell romance Ths tons tp foward of he ager oe Statins Ii kl frp of ring reining and loan acl sit te pres of Freon aes ‘This chapter begins ith a sen years afer 2K, a organ ot Seiosnes permet lobule Sots in ou eveyaypacces we fort with “tbe machine” Cys are ound w, in Scene ad ‘cle fin, in dally Ife. The eationstip continues tobe proces fal echnologia continue to move forma suing Sopa fon your viewpoint, encroaching upon the hosan body. Teanaloes te more “subject? than ese belo. 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They ar seca hee for thevimapinutive provocations, bees they uch with me and eased Ineo rete However, thee re, of couse other att an comps ‘tho hep t determine the geesogies an openetc” fo engsing onsgertons and pptation of cyborg theatre practices wh, ore Sons of eatin oof pace could not be given the depth they dese: the Uktnnd Staton Howse Opa his developed lee eborgan telationship wit ecologies screen tht tnsorms, clases sn tpands phys and tus sce Fribeard Fanta, anther Uk Inastay nave bee tts longer thn most, fhe i 1974 they ‘xpeiont ith animation, lim apd val aight of and” that Showcase the magical posites of manned interaction oer Praciioner sue at Robert Lage, Laure Anderson, Joan son, ‘otha anc, oho Maran, Bs Theory, ferporay isorton, Ri Protokol, Chameleons Company, Tato Cinema, Rank Caer, an Pollet, AbeaNation,“e-VR" PS Danse i Menke, Thee eae Dog. and Cybub Productions, re btw | hive encounters at cin onging engagement with borgean lnerections In peso nc (ee, for stance, Bulag, 2000, Sradhust ae Macho, 200; ‘An example of te sntiotc daioship between experimental prs: tse and the ante tecor tht of Cutia Productions,» pe Sion muted company founded in 199 by Ky Malone and Ga Scott White who, tn conjacton sith te Matimedla Perfrmance Stu a George Mason Unrest in Vigna have developed 3 le tt ve mover tht experiment ith the incorporation of cineatle fechniques within cy inmensve wal envionment Salone sid ‘Whit 2006; 200) Tis work, ke others fated an mse ‘cement, hat are sd exp tong et ‘Of protessionals stdens, and sat, woking lsortoy cond, 45 universes contin to tvestte what shaman” means or instance, Mark Reasey and Lance Chars work with the tsi fot the Exploration of Vata Reali, LV, a he Unive Kass‘Sites Intec Peslormance Eboratry at Univer of Geog ot work dane at te Cente for Contemporary and Digi Rerforman {Cotes werk, om» boundary Skiing of film, +-D animtion, pro ‘alte ap, andgyte to terete songs and soundscape: (alone and wre, 2006 45) ‘ence fonegrounding te note and songs o he human actor eons Big Art Group's body politic evelop a radically inclusive example of eyborg possi, Tait web> ‘with bodies abject, object, and subject through their exploration of ‘he mage production, ut Big it ges beyond the consimocon oft ‘kar cent age ty bring bur of boda scene The shows that make up this tlogy have similar stage and screen Seaton are setup eve ators ve se he fn chest pars198 yy rare lowsntage ren. 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In the overloaded fechnolandcaper that Big At produces, here xe perhaps spaces fo corporeal ruta semen th cybors ‘bjecttes | find om ther sage point to Technology rst umaniy igh finda way to ackoplege the specifiy witha al ple These tenets pinto the ols etn to apie technol Expansion, too nigh oraulatons of bjecty, and get ows ‘netic inereonrete velop th the nomman other In any Riguton ota posthoman word. What Is the eho a pos. Numan world? How mht er abject esate» uraty foment neces ppc rhe ano ongbg for survival o the ves lost = fmm, planta animal = loaing liner thik layer of sped if The ecologies hut have become subject” on age ate reminders of the soca, cal, cononic, str, commutative atest focinologes thats, control. An ater ar acta odie, Cyborg te remennber odie, Postscript: re-remembering bodes Descbing thee pace. 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