Laura Levin
Biographic Data
| ID | 3981327 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Levin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Levin |
| SIGNATURE | LEVIN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Laura Levin is Assistant Professor of Theatre at York University. Her research, which focuses on performance, identity, and space, appears in several edited volumes, including Space and the Geographies of Theatre (Playwrights Canada, 2007) and Performance and the City (Palgrave, 2009). She is Associate Editor of the Canadian Theatre Review and Editor of a number of collections: an issue of Theatre Research in Canada on “Space and Subjectivity in Performance”; an issue of Canadian Theatre Review on... |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9741-1994 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
XR Techno-Friction
This Space Is for You
Liveness Plus in Political Virtual Reality Performance
Five by Five
When the Crow Caws
This article examines the complex meditation on domestic environments as relational spaces in Hurmat Ain and Rabbya Naseer’s solo and collaborative art practices. Often rooted in physical sites and material elements of domesticity-from live performances in bedrooms and kitchens to installations with textiles and food-their works orchestrate intimate situations where the meeting of performer and spectator doubles as an encounter between visitor an…
Decolorization and Detoxification of Synthetic Dyes by Mexican Strains of Trametes sp
Laccases have attracted a great deal of interest because of their remarkable ability for the degradation of synthetic dyes present in wastewaters. New laccase producing sources with robust operational and functional properties are being continuously explored. In this work, the potential for the decolorization and detoxification of synthetic dyes was evaluated in two Mexican strains of the genus Trametes . The decolorization capacity of Trametes m…
The Performative Force of Photography
This review essay critically reflects upon recent contributions that have been made by scholars to a growing body of research on photography, performativity, and affect. Focusing on recent work by Diana Taylor, Susan Ash, and Ariella Azoulay, this paper explores how affect can be understood in performative terms and suggests the problems and possibilities of using this kind of performance analysis to read affect in photography. This review includ…
Building Utopia
Toronto markets itself as a city in renewal, a “creative city” of the future full of arts and culture. Alongside the official pitch, a number of street-level underground initiatives reimagine Toronto's utopic future in a different way by means of site-specific performances
Ethno-Techno
Reviewed by: Ethno-Techno: Writings on Performance, Activism, and Pedagogy Laura Levin Ethno-Techno: Writings on Performance, Activism, and Pedagogy. By Guillermo Gómez-Peña . Edited by Elaine Peña . New York: Routledge, 2005; pp. xxvi + 336. $125.00 cloth, $38.95 paper. To performance art devotees, Guillermo Gómez-Peña is a superhero of sorts. Despite his ongoing attempts to de-romanticize his positioning as a rebel artist, it is not hard to fin…
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Ethno-Techno
Reviewed by: Ethno-Techno: Writings on Performance, Activism, and Pedagogy Laura Levin Ethno-Techno: Writings on Performance, Activism, and Pedagogy. By Guillermo Gómez-Peña . Edited by Elaine Peña . New York: Routledge, 2005; pp. xxvi + 336. $125.00 cloth, $38.95 paper. To performance art devotees, Guillermo Gómez-Peña is a superhero of sorts. Despite his ongoing attempts to de-romanticize his positioning as a rebel artist, it is not hard to fin…
The Performative Force of Photography
This review essay critically reflects upon recent contributions that have been made by scholars to a growing body of research on photography, performativity, and affect. Focusing on recent work by Diana Taylor, Susan Ash, and Ariella Azoulay, this paper explores how affect can be understood in performative terms and suggests the problems and possibilities of using this kind of performance analysis to read affect in photography. This review includ…
Building Utopia
Toronto markets itself as a city in renewal, a “creative city” of the future full of arts and culture. Alongside the official pitch, a number of street-level underground initiatives reimagine Toronto's utopic future in a different way by means of site-specific performances
Decolorization and Detoxification of Synthetic Dyes by Mexican Strains of Trametes sp
Laccases have attracted a great deal of interest because of their remarkable ability for the degradation of synthetic dyes present in wastewaters. New laccase producing sources with robust operational and functional properties are being continuously explored. In this work, the potential for the decolorization and detoxification of synthetic dyes was evaluated in two Mexican strains of the genus Trametes . The decolorization capacity of Trametes m…
When the Crow Caws
This article examines the complex meditation on domestic environments as relational spaces in Hurmat Ain and Rabbya Naseer’s solo and collaborative art practices. Often rooted in physical sites and material elements of domesticity-from live performances in bedrooms and kitchens to installations with textiles and food-their works orchestrate intimate situations where the meeting of performer and spectator doubles as an encounter between visitor an…
Five by Five
XR Techno-Friction
This Space Is for You
Liveness Plus in Political Virtual Reality Performance
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