{"product_id":"phone-plays","title":"Phone Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003eIntended to be performed live over the phone, Sam Cottington’s \u003cem\u003ePhone Plays\u003c\/em\u003e invite readers and audience members alike to engage with a series of unclear relationships and scenarios, invoked and mediated by contemporary communication technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection of plays explore what critic Sianne Ngai has called the ‘gimmicks of production’: those moments when an object or person performs too much or too little; when it’s too easy, undeserving of praise or overly produced, trying too hard, camp; and how in those moments, the sublimated labour in everyday judgements of taste or aesthetic value are revealed. Channelling conventions of soap opera and sci-fi, these plays explore the experiences of desire, subjugation and alienation inherent in communication. [publisher's note]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Montez Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57358107312468,"sku":"A8B-34855","price":16.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1072\/9609\/6596\/files\/phone_20plays.jpg?v=1790814121","url":"https:\/\/after8books.com\/products\/phone-plays","provider":"After 8 Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}