SEAM Symposium in October 2010
Introduction:
Everyday, humans coordinate diverse bodily, affective, interpersonal, material and technological resources within rich and evolving cultural and environmental contexts. Throughout human history, artistic presentation has always both exemplified and dramatically extended these verbal and non-verbal forms of embodied interaction (Richard, 2000). The history of artistic milestones from drawing to still photography, motion picture technology, and sensor based motion capture systems indicates that art has long been interpreting the human body in motion. Now, dynamic technologically mediated performing arts environments challenge and reinvent these associations whilst concurrently renegotiating relationships between art and science and the performer and the audience. Such interactive environments in dance, music and new media arts lend themselves to innovative forms of creative practice and aid in breaking down established distinctions between performer and audience, and between rehearsal and performance.
The SEAM project explores how interactive technologies transform notions of embodiment, agency and audience engagement within the performing arts. It establishes an innovative, integrated approach by interlinking the performing arts with domain knowledge and methods from ethnography, phenomenology, and philosophy. (Grau, 2003) All creative process engages with an abstract experiential knowing of material (such as choreography, music, words etc). The challenge of reporting developments and research undertaken in this manner is a challenging one (Sutton, ).
SEAM is a collaboration between Margie Medlin, director of Critical Path, Dr. Garth Paine of the University of Western Sydney’s, VIPRE lab and UTS.
SEAM Symposium
SEAM consists of a number of workshops and events as listed below – the key focus is SEAM 2010 – Agency and Action, which will take place on Friday October 15 and Saturday October 16 at the Seymour Centre, Sydney. SEAM 2010 will include keynotes from Stelarc, and the exhibition of the Articulated Head and other interactive installations. Other distinguished presenters include: Ruth Gibson from Igloo, (UK), Prof. Frederic Bevilacqua (IRCAM, FR), Prof. Christian Ziegler (ZKM, DE). Prof. Simon Biggs will also present with partner Sue Hawksley at Critical Path in August 2010.
Keep and eye on this site and Critical Path, for updates
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Dates |
Location | Event | Key Personnel |
| July 19 – 31, 2010 |
PICA Perth |
Narrative: unknown relationships with a dancing robot | Medlin, Martin, Thompson, Robson, Dr. Paine |
| August 25 – September 4, 2010 |
VIPRE, Critical Path |
Real-time Generative Language Systems | Prof. Biggs, Hawksley and Dr. Paine |
| October 7 – 8, 2010 |
Critical Path |
Real-time Applications Of Motion Capture Systems In Performance | Gibson and Dr. Paine |
| October 12 -13, 2010 |
Critical Path |
Interaction Between Gesture And Sound Processes | Prof. Bevilacqua (IRCAM), and Dr. Paine |
| October 15th – 16th, 2010 |
SEAM 2010 – Seymour Centre |
AGENCY AND ACTION
Bringing together and presenting outcomes of all aligned research and performance projects in an accessible forum to a general public. Program of keynotes, presentations, panel discussions installations and performances. |
Keynote Speakers Papers/talks/performance
Including but not exclusively: Chunky Move, Igloo, (UK), Rothwell (UK), Prof. Bevilacqua (FR), Prof. Ziegler (DE), Sky, Paine, Bell Shakespeare/Second Life |
| October 17 – 28, 2010 |
Critical Path |
Choreographing Within An Interactive Media WISP 1 – Agency | Prof. Christian Ziegler DE |
| February 7 – 12, 2011 |
Critical Path |
WISP 1 – Agency | Dr. Paine, Medlin, Prof. Sutton, Sky, Dr. Khut, Dr. Muller |
| July 4 – 9, 2011 |
VIPRE, UWS |
WISP 2 – Embodiment | Dr. Paine, Medlin, Prof. Sutton, Sky, Dr. Khut, Dr. Muller |
