Wired Brains and Living Networks: Simon McBurney’s Micropoetics, from Mnemonic to The Encounter

Editorial

“…4 Liliane Campos also explores the politics and potential of immersive theatre in her handling of two of Complicite's productions, Mnemonic (1999) and The Encounter (2015). 5 Her exploration of the tensions between proximity and distance allow for a contemplation of the mediatisation of our experiences and a way of considering the company's 'aesthetics of connective fragmentation'. 6 Issues of temporality, theatrical scale, and shifts of focus come into play as Campos explores the scientific structural devices deployed by McBurney.…”