On Stage : the Theatrical Dimension of Video Image

On Stage : the Theatrical Dimension of Video Image : Matilde Roman : Intellect, Bristol, and University of Chicago Press (2016)
(trans. Charles Penwarden, from On Stage: La Dimension scénique de l'image vidéo, Le Gac Press, 2012)

Between the original French title and the recent English translation of this lucid commentary, there are indicative shifts in meaning between the terms 'stage' and 'theatrical'. These point towards the nuanced domain of contemporary video installation where the audience are often given agency to determine the duration and quality of the encounter, not exactly actors or stage props nor seated audience; 'Far from acting in the space of the work, they are acted by it.'