Amfiteater, Journal of Performing Arts Theory, Volume 12, Number 2

The volume begins with a thematic block entitled “Contributions to the Theory of New Media Art,” in which the authors discuss some key themes in the theory of new media art. They understand new media art more broadly, through its social contexts and implications, as well as through its relationships with other social, political, philosophical, cultural, and artistic issues and phenomena, such as the challenges of the Anthropocene, play, social media, activism, and artificial intelligence.
Amphitheater, Journal of Performing Arts Theory, Volume 12, Number 1

The main part of the first issue of the 12th volume is represented by discussions prepared on the basis of contributions to the Amphitheatre Symposium, which took place on 5 and 6 October 2023 on the topic of "The Survival of Comedy" in the hall of the Slovenian Theatre Institute (SLOGI) in Ljubljana. After centuries of crisis of "pure" dramatic genres (at least on a declarative level) and the dominance of mixed genres, the time has come...