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Digital resources for practice-based research: the New Comedy masks project

Williams, R.

Authors

R. Williams



Abstract

The New Comedy Masks project deals with objects—miniature ancient theatre masks—of immense cultural significance, and with texts—the comedies of Menander—that are at the origins of the European comic tradition. By 3D scanning the miniatures and enlarging them to life-size, the project has initiated a programme of practice-based research in the studio, leading to live performances that are the first to use objectively reconstructed ancient masks. The paper describes the considerations that apply at different stages of the process, from the digitization of the artifact to mask-construction and performance experimentation.

Citation

Williams, R. (2004). Digital resources for practice-based research: the New Comedy masks project. Literary and linguistic computing, 19(3), 415-426. https://doi.org/10.1093/llc/19.3.415

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 2004-09
Deposit Date Mar 30, 2007
Journal Literary and Linguistic Computing
Print ISSN 0268-1145
Electronic ISSN 1477-4615
Publisher Oxford University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 19
Issue 3
Pages 415-426
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/llc/19.3.415