연극과 디지털 테크놀로지 -가상현실과 하이퍼텍스트의 연극적 응용- = Theatre and Digital Technology

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This essay studies the influence of digital technology on theatre. in fact, the basic organic system of digital technology reflects discontinuity of Postmodern thoughts. The lineal connection is not working any more in digital technology. The recent performances that used technology in Korea are examined. Especially, 《Two in One》indicates the future theatre utilizing internet. Virtual reality, quality of interface, hypertext are examined as the representative digital techniques of the future theatre. If we accept virtual pets or cyborg, we could accept characters in virtual reality as a substitute of actors` body. Then, the virtual reality could be a theatre. if we accept the illusion oh virtual reality a theatre, we could experience a theatre without any limit of time and space. Virtual reality also used for educational purpose. For example, if the entire materials of Macbeth`s performances are in virtual reality, we can easily find a prop for Lady Macbeth. The reconstruction of a periodical theatre in virtual reality is also under trial; for example, the vaudeville theatre is under construction. The interface quality is inevitable when we accept theatre of virtual reality. The participants can choose at every reseaux or network and make their own plays. They can add their own meanings and participate the writings of an author. Hypertext is a writing technique which applies one-to-many linking or many-to-more than-one linking. This could also be applied to playwrighting and virtual reality theatre. There are neither lineal plot development nor a single beginning and ending. There are multiple choice at every link and, variation of plots are possible. All these digital technology could be applied to theatre. In the age of Internet, theatre could be free from the limits of time and space. It is time to decide for theatre whether it remains a minor genre insisting the live body or it is freed from the limits of time and space applying digital technology.