DANCING TOYS: THE QUEST FOR MECHANICAL LIFE

• Authors: Barboussi Vassiliki , Kourti Evangelia

Title variants

PL

Tańczące zabawki: w poszukiwaniu mechanicznego życia

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Toys or objects that come alive and interact with human beings fascinate children, academics and philosophers, but also artists. In this study we investigate plots, myths or fairy tales as well as the historical and cultural contexts that inspired the presence of animated toys in three ballets. An analysis of the results, and a comparison of these objects with modern relational artifacts demonstrate that the ongoing quest for mechanical life, in art as well as in technology, can be conceived of as a quest for subjective omnipotence and the suspension of objective reality.

Keywords

EN

MECHANICAL LIFE; RELATIONAL ARTIFACTS; ANIMATED TOYS; BALLET

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Badania Gier (Games Research Association of Poland)
• Journal: Homo Ludens
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 1(5)
• Pages: 37-46
• Document type: article

Contributors

author

Barboussi Vassiliki

• Vassiliki Barboussi, Department of Theatre Studies in the University of Peloponnese, Vasileos Konstantinou 21 & Terzaki, P.C 2100, Nafplio, Greece

author

Kourti Evangelia

• Vassiliki Barboussi, Department of Theatre Studies in the University of Peloponnese, Vasileos Konstantinou 21 & Terzaki, P.C 2100, Nafplio, Greece

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