Without the third dimension: technopresence, pedagogies of the virtual, and rethinking performance praxis

Abstract

ABSTRACT In the spring of 2020, students in my Contemporary Performance Theory graduate seminar were halfway through developing their final projects, when the university shut down. In this essay, I explore the challenges the artist-scholars in my seminar experienced as they navigated the shift of our process to the digital and also discuss the productive aspects that emerged throughout the process for some of the projects. I argue that in adapting to the digital environment the projects did not become less and they did not become more; they became something else entirely, inviting practitioners and theorists to rethink praxis.