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Phone Plays
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- Book Synopsis
- Phone Plays is the first publication in Scores, a new imprint co-commissioned by Montez Press and London Performance Studios that publishes scripts and performance texts by artists, theatre-makers and performance-makers working between the visual and theatrical arts. Intended to be performed live over the phone, Sam Cottington's Phone Plays invite readers and audience members alike to engage with a series of unclear relationships and scenarios, invoked and mediated by contemporary communication technology. This collection of plays explore what critic Sianne Ngai has called the 'gimmicks of production': those moments when an object or person performs too much or too little; when it's too easy, undeserving of praise or overly produced, trying too hard, camp; and how in those moments, the sublimated labour in everyday judgements of taste or aesthetic value are revealed. Channelling conventions of soap opera and sci-fi, these plays explore the experiences of desire, subjugation and alienation inherent in communication.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9783945247327
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Montez Press, (23 April 2024)
- Number of Pages
- 48
- Weight
- 200 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 203 mm
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