The readymade real: selectivity and the frame
Last weekend I had the privilege to attend the Festival of Original Theatre conference 2016 presented by the students at the Graduate Centre for Study of Drama, Theatre and Performance […]
Tag Archives: authentic
Applying Cognitive Science to Performance Part 2
One concept that is central to our understanding of human cognition that seems very applicable to thinking about how audiences engage with theatre in general and with “the real” specifically […]
How audience participation makes the real realer
As a citizen of this postmodern moment, authenticity is something I desire. I want to be authentic and I want to surround myself with authentic objects and experiences. Contemporary philosophers […]
Why we like (fake) reality
The attraction to the real that I have observed anecdotally in audiences arises, says David Boyle, because for the last century or so we have lived in an increasingly artificial […]
Real autobiographical objects in a glass box
Yesterday, on the suggestion of my colleague Ted Little, I visited the Centre d’Histoire de Montreal in Old Montreal. There, the section “We Are Here/Nous Sommes Ici” presents the final […]
Upsurges of the Real: a performance research blog 