Agency in Hybrid Public Space How mixed Reality Performance appears as an Agency in Hybrid Public Space
Author
Tchokhonelidze, Khatia
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2018
Submitted on
2018-12-18
Pages
80
Abstract
This thesis investigates how mixed reality performance can operate as a form of agency within hybrid public space. Building on debates about the public sphere and the shifting boundary between public and private, the study reviews key theories from Habermas, Arendt, Lefebvre, Madanipour, Mouffe and others to describe how mobile media and networked communication have produced new configurations of public life alongside processes of isolation and privatization in urban space. The thesis conceptualizes hybrid public space as the intertwining of physical places and digital networks that shape contemporary urban experience and examines how artistic mixed reality interventions might reopen or reconfigure publicness by enabling new practices and interactions. Methodologically, the project combines a critical literature review with a case study of LIGNA’s Radio Ballet, supported by analyses of everyday practices and the production of space. While detailed empirical findings are not available in the provided excerpt, the thesis aims to clarify the conditions under which mixed reality performance can render agency visible and actionable in public space, and to reflect on its implications for democratic participation and urban sociability.
Dette speciale undersøger, hvordan mixed reality-performance kan fungere som en form for agens i hybride offentlige rum. Med udgangspunkt i debatter om offentlighedssfæren og den skiftende grænse mellem det offentlige og det private gennemgår studiet centrale teorier fra Habermas, Arendt, Lefebvre, Madanipour, Mouffe m.fl. for at beskrive, hvordan mobilmedier og netværkskommunikation har skabt nye konfigurationer af det offentlige liv samt processer af isolation og privatisering i byrum. Specialet begrebsliggør det hybride offentlige rum som sammenfletningen af fysiske steder og digitale netværk, der former nutidige urbane erfaringer, og undersøger, hvordan kunstneriske mixed reality-interventioner kan genåbne eller omkonfigurere offentlighed ved at muliggøre nye praksisser og interaktioner. Metodisk kombinerer projektet et kritisk litteraturreview med et casestudie af LIGNAs Radio Ballet, understøttet af analyser af hverdagspraksisser og rumlig produktion. Selvom detaljerede empiriske resultater ikke fremgår af det udvalgte uddrag, sigter specialet mod at tydeliggøre de betingelser, hvorunder mixed reality-performance kan gøre agens synlig og handlekraftig i det offentlige rum, og reflektere over betydningen for demokratisk deltagelse og urban sociabilitet.
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