Abstract
This article discusses the phenomenon of the digital archive, in the context of performance practice and studies, as a potential liminal performance space blurring the boundaries between archive and repertoire (Taylor 2003). It takes the Circus Oz Living Archive as a case study to examine the opportunities and challenges facing cultural organisations wanting to take charge of the multimodal telling of their own histories, as digital technologies impact on practices of remembrance, archiving and performance in the cultural sector. The governing metaphor of the archive shifts from the spatial – a site of recorded memory – to the temporal – an unfolding event of memory. This presents a great challenge for a performing arts company like Circus Oz, which already faces the task of delivering its live show to audiences around the world. How does such a company think through the many issues arising in relation to adding this new digital performance to its repertoire?
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