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Provided by ScholarBank@NUS v view, is not how we read the images we see and the meaning we make ... more Provided by ScholarBank@NUS v view, is not how we read the images we see and the meaning we make of them but about how we construct our reality with the images around us. The proliferation of new media technologies and the time-space compression have resulted in a rethinking of the role of the spectator as well as theatre performance in the wider visual culture. The blurring of the lines between various genres of performance and the widening of the discursive spaces where we encounter art and performance, has repositioned the spectator in the context of theatre performance. Post dramatic theatre and contemporary art practices specifically address elements of time and space, presence and absence, fiction and reality, with a focus on the postmodern spectator. It is in the broad context of these developments and my specific relationship with place and theatre itself that I situate my spectatorial experience. I analyse my experience of watching two performances-The Blue Mug (2010) and Fear of Writing (2011)-to provide insights into the processes that underlie the negotiation, confrontation and reconstitution that takes place in close encounters in enclosed spaces.
Provided by ScholarBank@NUS v view, is not how we read the images we see and the meaning we make ... more Provided by ScholarBank@NUS v view, is not how we read the images we see and the meaning we make of them but about how we construct our reality with the images around us. The proliferation of new media technologies and the time-space compression have resulted in a rethinking of the role of the spectator as well as theatre performance in the wider visual culture. The blurring of the lines between various genres of performance and the widening of the discursive spaces where we encounter art and performance, has repositioned the spectator in the context of theatre performance. Post dramatic theatre and contemporary art practices specifically address elements of time and space, presence and absence, fiction and reality, with a focus on the postmodern spectator. It is in the broad context of these developments and my specific relationship with place and theatre itself that I situate my spectatorial experience. I analyse my experience of watching two performances-The Blue Mug (2010) and Fear of Writing (2011)-to provide insights into the processes that underlie the negotiation, confrontation and reconstitution that takes place in close encounters in enclosed spaces.