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Spatial, Kinaesthetic and Bodily Chromaticism

Gesture and Sound Interconnection Within the Framework of Singing Performance

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This paper extends the notion of chromaticism for the actual performance scenery. In contemporary staged performances, singers not only chant but they also move around, while the theatrical scenery is dynamically recreated with advanced audiovisual components. The lighting components interplay with streaming components, urging for kinaesthetic and bodily communication with audiences. As interaction increases, the notion of “live performance” is enhanced with ubiquitous and mobile communication components. Thus, an augmented sphere of interaction is created, for both in situ and remote participants. The production terms of such performances are contested under the prism of liturgical practices in diachrony and advances in mobile technology in our synchrony.

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The authors would like to express their gratitude to their Eminencies, His All Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, alongside the Most Reverend Metropolitan Panteleimon of Tyroloa and Serentium, former Abbot, former Rector, Professor Emeritus of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and the Most Reverend Bishop Nikiphoros of Amorion, Abbot of the Holy Patriarchal Stavropegic Vlatadon Monastery, for providing their unreserved support, both morally and materially, apart from their blessing, for the successful completion of this research.

In the sermons recorded in the kyriakon have participated: the Most Reverend Metropolitan Theoliptos of Iconium, the Abbot, Most Reverend Bishop Nikiphoros of Amorion, the Very Reverend Fathers Gabriel, Petros, Georgios and Dorotheos, the Very Reverend Deacons Petros and Panteleimon, the choir leaders Fr. Nektarios Paris and Symeon Kanakis with their assistants Chrysostomos Vletsis and Philippos Rentakis, and the sextons from the International Boarding Establishment of the Monastery.

The audiovisual material was recorded by Georgios Varsamis, Nikolaos Rentakis and Dionysios Politis.

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Margounakis, D., Politis, D., Paris, N., Kanakis, S., Lefkopoulos, N. (2018). Spatial, Kinaesthetic and Bodily Chromaticism. In: Auer, M., Tsiatsos, T. (eds) Interactive Mobile Communication Technologies and Learning. IMCL 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 725. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75175-7_75

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