拟真化存在的隐喻与象征——数字表演的主体问题

Metaphor and Symbol of the Simulation of Existence:On the Subject of Digital Performance

数字表演是数字技术介入舞台艺术较活跃,取得较为深刻成就的一个进路。通过数字表演诸多方式的开拓、探索,当代艺术家借以谛视当代主体一种特殊的存在方式,即拟真性存在。当前戏剧艺术的“赛博格”“偶状形体”“程序主体”“虚拟合成人”等数字表演实践,印证了鲍德里亚关于技术时代主体拟真化存在的预言。数字表演通过诸种由数字技术创生的表演主体反省人与技术内在性的联结方式,一定程度上动摇了传统观念中人类中心主义的界限秩序,因此也为所谓主体拟真化存在赋予了新的精神内涵。这是数字表演值得关注的美学内容之一。

Digital performance is one example of digital technology's active and fruitful engagement in stage art.Through exploring possibilities of digital performance,contemporary artists are examining the simulation of modern subjects'existence,the unique way of their being.The current digital performance practices in theatre art,such as“cyborg”,“puppet”,“agent”and“virtual body”,validate Baudrillard's prediction regarding the simulation of the subject's existence in the technological era.Digital performances,facilitated by various performance subjects created by digital technology,prompt reflection on the intrinsic connection between humans and technology,thereby challenging the boundaries of traditional anthropocentric ideas to some extent.Therefore,it also imparts renewed spiritual significance to the simulation of the subject's existence.This constitutes one of the noteworthy aesthetic aspects of digital performance.