Presence: A Conversation at Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich (Sternberg Press) - Softcover

Jurg Berthold; Philip Ursprung; Mechtild Widrich

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3956792319 ISBN 13: 9783956792311

Publisher: Sternberg Press, 2016

Synopsis

Recently, the idea of “presence” has returned to the arts, humanities, and social sciences. In February 2013, in Zurich's historical Cabaret Voltaire, which was central to the Dada movement almost a hundred years ago, an experimental international symposium took place that put presence under the microscope.

Presence: A Conversation at Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich is not a traditional post-conference publication but is conceived as a theatrical discussion of ideas between different speakers, both on and offstage. In contrast to transcribed conversations, monologues are interspersed throughout the book, acting like small, performative interruptions. The lively juxtaposition of both individual speech and colloquy is enhanced by theatrical conventions: characters enter and exit; stage directions mirror those found in the cabaret.

Contributors
Elisabeth Bronfen, Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Michael Hampe, Mark Jarzombek, Amelia Jones, Tom Levin, Dieter Mersch, Rebecca Schneider, Peter Zumthor

About this edition

• Publisher: Sternberg Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 3956792319
• ISBN 13: 9783956792311
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288