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Ryan Platt

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Ryan’s academic interests originate in avant-garde theatre and dance, with a focus on contemporary French and German theory and practice. His recent research articulates an alternative paradigm of performance, which he has named screen aesthetics. Contrary to the conventional definition of a screen, this screen designates both a material partition that impedes visual expression and also an artistic process, whose constitutive element is movement. His work addresses artists who combine movement and media practices, such as choreographers Yvonne Rainer and William Forsythe, filmmaker Chantal Akerman, and poet Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. His upcoming project will explore sonic performances, including experimental music theatre, language-based drama, and sound art.

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