This research takes the current background of “telecommunication-based digital performance” as its context, analyzing how digital performances transform the concept of “physical presence” into “mediated presence” through remote connections under driven of telecommunications by utilizing Paul Virilio’s theoretical concept of "Dromology." Three Taiwanese famous government-funded pieces of digital performance titled "Lunatic Town" (2021), "Turn Left, Turn Right. Love, or Regret" (2022) and "Operation 1'71701'/" (2023), which implement 5G telecommunication technology to the performance and produced by National Theater & Concert Hall, will be taken as cases for textual analysis and critical analysis in context of cultural studies. The research examines how digital technology, on one hand, enables performances to transcend their spatial constraints; and on the other hand, aims to critically assess the outcomes of performative works when applying digital telecommunication technology from the cultural critical perspective. Within this context, telematic-art not only breaks through geographical limitations but also challenges the notions of time and space in artistic creation. It further reveals the role of “speed” in contemporary societal and cultural imagination, exploring how the triangular relationship of “speed-remote-connection” undergoes decisive changes in contemporary technological art creation. Thus, this research aims to deeply explore the critical aspects of power of speed and spatio-temporal relationships manifested in tele-art. The paper also seeks to analyze how artistic practices adopted remote-connections and high-speed transmission represent the socio-cultural phenomenon in the digital age.

Authors:
Chih-Yung Aaron Chiu, Tsing Hua University Taiwan, Taiwan

About the Presenter(s)
Professor Chih-Yung Aaron CHIU is a University Professor/Principal Lecturer at Tsing Hua University Taiwan in Taiwan

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