On February 5th, 2021, I presented the lead lecture for this year’s in trasmissioni lecture series at AGO Modena Fabbriche Culturali, which was recorded. As the AGO site described the lecture: “L’intervento di Jeffrey Schnapp sarà dedicato al tema del codex, per ricostruire le tappe dell’evoluzione del libro dalla pagina allo schermo (e viceversa), segnalando i cambiamenti tecnologici, le pratiche estetiche e i mutamenti nella comunicazione della ricerca connessi all’avvento del “libro elettrico”. Una storia…
 
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When the pandemic is over and as venues reopen, what will be the state of the performing arts? Will there be a return to the old normal or, instead, will some of the lessons and experiments that were undertaken under pandemic conditions begin to shape a new and expanded concept of performance, liveness, streaming as a medium, and the like? [Read more]