Salazar Sutil, N (2014) Performance/mathematics: a dramatisation of mathematical methods. International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, 10 (2). pp. 143-158. ISSN 1479-4713
Abstract
This essay conceptualises the notion of performance mathematics in terms of a paradoxical relationship with the constructed notion of truth, which is shared by theatrical and mathematical performance. Specifically, I argue that these two disciplines can and cannot be reconciled with truthfulness. Grounding my comparison on the notion of an axiomatic method common to both disciplines, I argue that theatrical and mathematical performance can speak of truths only when these truths are properly staged or methodologically grounded according to the internal rules and conditions laid out by each discipline. But in the same way that these truths can be constructed, or they can be done, so they can be undone. Arguing that mathematics can be described as a performance of specific outcomes involving abstract objects and functions, I trace a cross-disciplinary comparative analysis of performance elements (especially axioms and functions), drawing on a number of theatre and mathematical theories. Some suggestions are also put forward in terms of the connection between the performance of mathematised texts and computational mathematics, particularly in terms of an inherent poetics and theatricality inside the performance-oriented, mathematised languages of digital computing.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 Taylor & Francis. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media on 30 September 2014, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14794713.2014.946283. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | performance mathematics, axiomatics, function, theatricality, real, binary digit, digital |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > Performance and Cultural Industries (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 19 Jul 2016 13:35 |
Last Modified: | 17 Jan 2018 07:57 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14794713.2014.946283 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/14794713.2014.946283 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:102194 |