Current scientific and technological developments in the life sciences (the Genome project, therapeutic cloning) have renewed discussions in neurobiology and artificial intelligence which anticipate the production of synthetic intelligent systems . These discussions will provide the context for our examination and interpretation of experiments in performance technologies of the 1990s which tested new paradigms in the construction of nervous systems, sensitive environments, and the so-called intelligent stage. Such systems claim to use biofeedback concepts for interactive live performance inside a telecommunications design that allows performers to dynamically control and modify all aspects of digitized media in a simultaneous realtime interchange with live movement and formatted media.
The participants in this roundtable, all of whom have taken part in multimedia collaborations with interactive and telematic performance designs, address the implications of synthetic design process and the artistic results of interactive performance from different points of view in order to reach a broader critical and contextual understanding of the growing role of technologies in performance.
organised by Johannes Birringer (OSU)
p a r t i c i p a n t s :
Tomi Hahn (Tufts University), Marina Grzinic (Ljubljana), Scott de Lahunta (Dartington College), Leslie Hill (London), Helen Paris (London) , Joerg Sonntag (Pentacon Dresden.
