A Scene of Exception: neotechnological theater in Belo Horizonte (Brazil) and Buenos Aires (Argentina)

• Main Authors: Mariana Lima Muniz, Jorge Dubatti
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2018-10-01
• Series: Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença
• Subjects: Theater Cartography; Neotechnological Scene; Coexistence; Real/Virtual; Absence/Presence
• Online Access: http://ref.scielo.org/nxd3rn

This paper examines theater shows Play Me by Rodrigo Campos, premiered in Belo Horizonte, and Distancia by Matías Umpierrez and Las Ideas by Federico León, premiered in Buenos Aires. In the three shows, elements of digital media are used to momentarily replace the physical presence of actors. The micro-poetics of these productions are exceptions in the theatrical scene of two cities known for a lively theater scene, in which the coexistence of spectators and performers in the same space is appreciated. As exceptions, however, they shed light on an idiosyncrasy of the theater present in the two cities in relation to the neotechnological scene: the appreciation of coexistence and co-presence despite the absence introduced by the use of novel technologies