Orgasms and Oppositions
Dani Ploeger's ELECTRODE
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14997201 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alissa Clarke (0000-0001-5469-6080, Alissa Clarke is a Lecturer in Drama in the School of Arts at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. She holds an Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded PhD from the University of Exeter. She has published articles and reviews in New Theatre Quarterly, The Journal of Writing in Creative Practice and Platform., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 158-163 |
| Publication date | 2013-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | TDR/The Drama Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1054-2043 • E-ISSN: 1531-4715 |
| Publisher | MIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/dram_a_00286 |
| OpenAlex | W2103420814 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
In his performance installation, ELECTRODE (2011), Dani Ploeger repeatedly “fakes” orgasms. Using medical devices, digital sound synthesis, and graphs, Ploeger rigorously and specifically labors to replicate the sphincter muscle contraction pattern registered by an anonymous male subject during masturbation and orgasm. In so doing, Ploeger critically explores gender and abjection and creates a heightened, embodied presence
Anger · Art · Disgust · Embodied cognition · Orgasm · Psychoanalysis · Sexual dysfunction · Subject (documents · World Wide Web · Communication · Computer Science · Digital Media and Philosophy · Music Technology and Sound Studies · Music Therapy and Health · Psychology · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
| Highly cited | No |
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