Closer: Performance, Technologies, Phenomenology (Leonardo Book Series)
"Closer is inventive and original. Kozel emphasizes the importance of kinesthetic-tactile mobility in the human relationship with the environment. But, unlike some in the phenomenological tradition, she is open to and explores new technologies. Highly imaginative."--Don Ihde, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, State University of New York, Stony Brook"Clearly written, superbly researched, and theoretically daring, Closer is one of the first major attempts in performance and dance theory to reconcile the phenomenology of Merleau-Ponty with the practical philosophy of Gilles Deleuze. Susan Kozel is not only rigorously convincing in her arguments, but she creatively demonstrates how it is the encounter between dancing and new technologies of telepresence that necessitates such an improbable, yet fascinating and much needed, theoretical link. This is an essential book."--André Lepecki is Associate Professor in Performance Studies at New York University(André Lepecki)"Susan Kozel has managed to shake phenomenology alive, to make Merleau-Ponty function dynamically in movement, to bring philosophy to bear on the most contemporary and dynamic of the arts and digital technologies. This is a powerful transformation of philosophy into performance, of the I into the flesh, of thought into dance. It is an opening up of thought to action, to technological and artistic expansion; and also an opening up of performance and action to new modes of conceptualization, new kinds of thinking."--Elizabeth Grosz, Women's and Gender Studies, Rutgers University(Elizabeth Grosz)"Riveting and fascinating. Originating from her own experimental dance experiences, Susan Kozel's choreography of the dance among performance, digital technology, and phenomenological reflection yields urgent new insights into the meaning of human embodiment. Her wholly humane and humanistic conclusions are a generous and welcome addition to debates over the bond connecting body and computer."--J.M. Bernstein, New School for Social Research(J.M. Bernstein)"Beautifully presented on black, white and bisected pages punctuated with atmospheric in-motion images, Kozel's visible construction of a true blending of theory and practice is as engaging as it is inspiring." Dean Wilcox The Journal of Theatre Research International"Clearly written, superbly researched, and theoretically daring,Closeris one of the first major attempts in performance and dance theory to reconcile the phenomenology of Merleau-Ponty with the practical philosophy of Gilles Deleuze. Susan Kozel is not only rigorously convincing in her arguments, but she creatively demonstrates how it is the encounter between dancing and new technologies of telepresence that necessitates such an improbable, yet fascinating and much needed, theoretical link. This is an essential book."André Lepeckiis Associate Professor in Performance Studies at New York University"Riveting and fascinating. Originating from her own experimental dance experiences, Susan Kozel"s choreography of the dance among performance, digital technology, and phenomenological reflection yields urgent new insights into the meaning of human embodiment. Her wholly humane and humanistic conclusions are a generous and welcome addition to debates over the bond connecting body and computer."J.M. Bernstein, New School for Social Research"Susan Kozel has managed to shake phenomenology alive, to make Merleau-Ponty function dynamically in movement, to bring philosophy to bear on the most contemporary and dynamic of the arts and digital technologies. This is a powerful transformation of philosophy into performance, of the I into the flesh, of thought into dance. It is an opening up of thought to action, to technological and artistic expansion; and also an opening up of performance and action to new modes of conceptualization, new kinds of thinking."Elizabeth Grosz, Women"s and Gender Studies, Rutgers University