Professor
Rodica MOCAN, PhD
rodica.mocan@ubbcluj.ro
Rodica Mocan is a university professor at the Department of Cinematography and Media, specializing in digital media and new media arts. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology (2005), with a focus on new e-learning methods, and a Ph.D. in Theatre and Performing Arts (2016), focusing on interactive performances and digital art. She obtained accreditation in the field of Cinematography and Media and is a member of the Doctoral School of Theatre and Film.
Her current research interests are focused on the impact of digital technologies on various aspects of life, particularly in the field of interactive digital arts and emerging artistic genres that utilize new technologies. Her publications include “eLearning – A Sociological Perspective” (Risoprint, 2007), “Emerging Media Genres – New Media Documentary” (Risoprint, 2013), and “Critical Paradigms in Interactive Digital Performance” (Cluj University Press, 2017), as well as other academic articles.
Doctoral research topics and bibliography
Critical paradigms in digital interactive performance
Carlson, Marvin. 1996. Performance : A Critical Introduction. Routledge. https://books.google.ro/books/about/Performance.
Chapple, Freda., and Chiel Kattenbelt. 2006. Intermediality in Theatre and Performance. Rodopi.
Chazichristodoulou, Maria. 2014. “Cyberformance? Digital or Networked Performance? Cybertheaters? Virtual Theaters?… Or All of the Above.” In CyPosium – The Book, edited by Annie Abrahams and Helen Varley Jamieson, 19–30. Brescia: Link Editions.
Dixon, Steve. 2007. Digital Performance. A History of New Media in Theater, Dance, Performance Art, and Installation. E-book Kin. Cambrdige, Massachusetts and London: MIT Press.
Doyle, Denise. 2015. “Out of This World: Exploring Embodiment and Space through Artistic Processes and Practice.” International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media 11 (1): 1–17.
Moles, Abraham. n.d. “Theoretical Analysis of the Intermedia Art Form.” Buenos Aires
Pavel, Laura. 2015. “Aesthetic Negotiations of Identity – Between Embodied and Disembodied Performance.” EKPHRASIS. Images, Cinema, Theater. Media 1 (Creative Boycott): 80–90. Pelias, Ronald J., and James van Oosting. 2004. “A Paradigm for Performance Studies.” In Performance. Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies, edited by Philip Auslander, 2003rd ed., 73:219–31.
Noile arts in the digital age [New Media Arts]
Art and science in interactive documentary
Andreas Kirkinis. n.d. “How Interactive Storytelling Is Shaping the Future of Cinema – Little White Lies.”
Aston, Judith., Gaudenzzi Sandra, and Mandy Rose. 2017. I-Docs – The Evolving Practices of Interactive Documentary. Edited by Judith Aston, Sandra Gaudenzi, and Mandy Rose. New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press.
Atkinson, Sarah, and Helen Kennedy. 2016. “Introduction – Inside-the-Scenes: The Rise of Experiential Cinema.” Journal of Audience & Reception Studies 13 (1): 139–51.
Barbosa, Sarah Tavares. 2016. “From Cinema to Virtual Reality – A Phenomenological Approach to the Experience of Immersive Documentaries.” Maastricht University.
Bucher, John K. n.d. Storytelling for Virtual Reality : Methods and Principles for Crafting Immersive Narratives. Accessed October 15, 2019.
Grabowski, By Michael. 2017. “Perception and Poetics of VR Documentaries.” In Being There – ZDOK.
Mischie, Ioana. 2022. Cinema Infinit – introducere în Universul Transmedia. UNATC Press. București
Nash, Kate. 2021. Interactive Documentary : Theory and Debate. Routledge
Uricchio, William. 2019. “‘Mapping the Intersection of Two Cultures’ Interactive Documentary and Digital Journalism.” MIT Open Documentary Lab.
Poshumanism and transhumanism in contemporary art, theoretical and practical models.
Selected bibliography
(Chapple and Kattenbelt 2006; Benford and Giannachi 2011; Carlson 1996; Chazichristodoulou 2014; Breder 1995; Pavel 2015; Moles, n.d.; Doyle 2015; Pelias and Oosting 2004; Dixon 2007; Nash 2021; Grabowski 2017; Barbosa 2016; Atkinson and Kennedy 2016; Andreas Kirkinis, n.d.; Uricchio 2019; Bucher, n.d.; Aston, Sandra, and Rose 2017)
Andreas Kirkinis. n.d. “How Interactive Storytelling Is Shaping the Future of Cinema – Little White Lies.”
Aston, Judith., Gaudenzzi Sandra, and Mandy Rose. 2017. I-Docs – The Evolving Practices of Interactive Documentary. Edited by Judith Aston, Sandra Gaudenzi, and Mandy Rose. New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press.
Atkinson, Sarah, and Helen Kennedy. 2016. “Introduction – Inside-the-Scenes: The Rise of Experiential Cinema.” Journal of Audience & Reception Studies 13 (1): 139–51.
Barbosa, Sarah Tavares. 2016. “From Cinema to Virtual Reality – A Phenomenological Approach to the Experience of Immersive Documentaries.” Maastricht University.
Benford, Steve., and Gabriella. Giannachi. 2011. Performing Mixed Reality. MIT Press.
Breder, Hans. 1995. “Intermedia: Enacting the Liminal.” Performing Arts Journal 17 (2/3): 112–20.
Bucher, John K. n.d. Storytelling for Virtual Reality : Methods and Principles for Crafting Immersive Narratives. Accessed October 15, 2019.
Carlson, Marvin. 1996. Performance : A Critical Introduction. Routledge. https://books.google.ro/books/about/Performance.
Chapple, Freda., and Chiel Kattenbelt. 2006. Intermediality in Theatre and Performance. Rodopi.
Chazichristodoulou, Maria. 2014. “Cyberformance? Digital or Networked Performance? Cybertheaters? Virtual Theaters?… Or All of the Above.” In CyPosium – The Book, edited by Annie Abrahams and Helen Varley Jamieson, 19–30. Brescia: Link Editions.
Dixon, Steve. 2007. Digital Performance. A History of New Media in Theater, Dance, Performance Art, and Installation. E-book Kin. Cambrdige, Massachusetts and London: MIT Press.
Doyle, Denise. 2015. “Out of This World: Exploring Embodiment and Space through Artistic Processes and Practice.” International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media 11 (1): 1–17.
Grabowski, By Michael. 2017. “Perception and Poetics of VR Documentaries.” In Being There – ZDOK.
Moles, Abraham. n.d. “Theoretical Analysis of the Intermedia Art Form.” Buenos Aires.
Nash, Kate. 2021. Interactive Documentary : Theory and Debate. Routledge.
Pavel, Laura. 2015. “Aesthetic Negotiations of Identity – Between Embodied and Disembodied Performance.” EKPHRASIS. Images, Cinema, Theater. Media 1 (Creative Boycott): 80–90.
Pelias, Ronald J., and James van Oosting. 2004. “A Paradigm for Performance Studies.” In Performance. Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies, edited by Philip Auslander, 2003rd ed., 73:219–31. Routledge.
Uricchio, William. 2019. “‘Mapping the Intersection of Two Cultures’ Interactive Documentary and Digital Journalism.” MIT Open Documentary Lab.