Titlebook: Media Archaeology and Intermedial Performance; Deep Time of the The Nele Wynants Book 2019 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s),

Ophthalmologist

Mechanisms in the Mist: A Media Archaeological Excavation of the Mechanical Theaterral form, probing its relationship to the legitimate theater and to parallel optical spectacles, such as dioramas and magic lantern shows, from which it appropriated features, and situates them within a genealogy of media cultures.

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Vanishing Technology: Transparency of Media in Stage Magicany grand illusion. As a media dispositif, the magician’s stage thus reflects its own media usage. By focusing on the iconic stage illusion “Vanishing Lady” this chapter analyses this central quality of conjuring with regard to other selected examples from its Golden Age.