The Challenges for Live Performance Arts in the Digital Era and New Digimodern Art Hybrids

Authors

  • Joanna Spassova-Dikova Institute of Art Studies – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 21 Krakra Str., Sofia, Bulgaria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55630/dipp.2020.10.9

Keywords:

Posthumanism, Live Performance Arts, Digimodernism, Art Hybrids

Abstract

The paper is in the frame of the proposed topic about virtual reconstructions and interactive multimedia solutions especially for performance arts in the digital era and the newly opened possibilities and challenges. Examples from the world and Bulgarian practices for the emergence of different new digimodern art hybrids are analyzed.

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Published

2020-09-13

How to Cite

Spassova-Dikova, J. (2020). The Challenges for Live Performance Arts in the Digital Era and New Digimodern Art Hybrids. Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage, 10, 139–148. https://doi.org/10.55630/dipp.2020.10.9