Digital Bodies + Virtual Spaces: exploring performance and digital world building
24 January @ 10:00 - 16:00
A symposium day by Canterbury Christ Church University to create a space for artists/practitioners/researchers to come together and discuss the constantly evolving landscape of contemporary performance and technology. Join us for a series of talks by leading practitioners in the field as they share their explorations into the intersection of the live body and digital systems.
Programme
- 09.30 – Arrive and Welcome – Anselm Studio 1
- 10.00 – Introduction: Dr Andy Hurst, Nina Atkinson, James Middleton
- 10.30 – Dr Boyd Branch (Coventry University)
- 11.15 – Aoi Nakamura, Esteban Lecoq (AΦE): AI Immersive Storytelling: LILITH.AEON lecture Performance
- 12.00 – Katie Dale-Everett (KDE Dance): Playscape: How to Build a Galaxy
- 12.45 – Lunch
- 13.30 – Rebecca Evans (Pell Ensemble): Embodied Practitioners and the Development of Future Spaces
- 14.15 – Break
- 14.30 – KDE Dance Performance: Playscape: How to Build a Galaxy followed by ‘have a go’ workshop places (limited slots)
- 15.15 – Round table discussion
- 16.00 – Networking opportunity and chance to watch James Middleton workshop
Read about contributing artists here.
