“Hole in Space” – When Performance First Entered the Digital Realm
Long before Covid, theatre and performances already found their way into the digital realm. It all began with the visionary media art duo Sherrie Rabinowitz & Kit Galloway and their project “Hole in Space” from 1980. Measured by today’s standards it was a simple installation, making it possible for people on the East and West Coast to see each other in real time. However, beginning of the Eighties this was a sensation which widened people’s understanding of space and time.