Introduction: The Long History of Moving Images Becoming Alive

Steve Gibson*

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    Abstract

    This introduction to Live Visuals: History, Theory, Practice provides a contextual framework for Live Visuals by retracing the history of images that created worlds of illusions via pictorial, sonic, performative and architectural elements. The chapter outlines the general history of Live Visuals and audio-visuals, referring to key movements, figures and works that are covered throughout this volume and framing the complexities of contemporary Live Visuals as ephemeral and repeated ‘unique’ participatory and performative events. As this chapter makes clear, Live Visuals is much more than VJing and projection mapping and has a long history which is entwined with philosophy, visual arts, instrument design, film, electronic music and much more.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationLive Visuals
    Subtitle of host publicationHistory, Theory, Practice
    EditorsSteve Gibson, Stefan Arisona, Donna Leishman, Atau Tanaka
    Place of PublicationLondon
    PublisherTaylor & Francis
    Pages1-5
    Number of pages5
    ISBN (Electronic)9781003282396
    ISBN (Print)9781032252612, 9781032252681
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 29 Jul 2022

    Publication series

    NameRoutledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
    PublisherRoutledge

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