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Vortragende Person/Vortragende Personen:
Dr. Aneta Mancewicz (Royal Holloway, London)

At the invitation of the research initiative and core topic of the Centre of Cultural Inquiry, "Transforming Infrastructure: Cultural Perspectives", Dr. Aneta Mancewicz (Royal Holloway, London) will speak about her research project and forthcoming publication Extended Reality Shakespeare as part of a seminar on "Resetting Shakespeare". Anyone interested is cordially invited!

Extended reality is an innovative force that changes our understanding of theatre and Shakespeare. Drawing on Shakespeare’s Tempest and A Midsummer Night's Dream, this talk discusses the creative convergences between Shakespeare’s dramaturgy and digital technology. It explores how the inclusion of augmented and virtual realities in performance can reconfigure the senses of the experiencers, enabling them to actively engage with technology. Such engagements can, in turn, result in new forms of presence, embodiment, eventfulness, and interaction. Given Shakespeare’s emphasis on metatheatre, his works can inspire the layering of environments, as well as the experiences of transition between the environments – both features that distinguish extended reality in performance and its infrastructures.