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TaPRA Conference 2009
5th Annual Conference 7-9 September 2009
Department of Theatre, Dance and Performing Arts
University of Plymouth
CALL FOR PAPERS
Working Group on New Technologies for Theatre & Performance
THEME: Spaces, Technologies, Performance: Same Old, New Old?
For the 2009 TaPRA Conference from 7-9 September, at the University of
Plymouth, the New Technologies for the Theatre and Performance Working Group
invites papers and presentations exploring the theme "Spaces, Technologies,
Performance".
We are calling for proposals on practice and/or theory based research that
consider whether the introduction of new technologies has impacted
significantly on the notions of the spaces in which we perform, or are we
just inscribing old value systems onto new performance environments, and in
doing so constraining the possible 'new'?
Areas for consideration could include but are not exclusive to:-
· The possibilities and the problems of audience and performer
dislocation
· What is performative about the Internet?
· Is the seduction of the screen screwing up our chances of real
sex?
· Online virtual worlds as new performance sites
· The Disneyfication of real life through a 3D Web and other
technologies
· New technologies for theatre and performance into the second
decade of the 21st century
· Aesthetic perfection in theatre and performance through new
technologies
· Altering the spatial dynamics of performance through new
technologies
Please send a 250 word abstract/proposal, a short biographical statement,
and an outline of technical requirements by 1 April 2009 to the working
group conveners: Mary Oliver ([log in to unmask]), Toni Sant
([log in to unmask]) and Carmen Szabo ([log in to unmask]).
Papers should take the form of 20 minute presentations followed by
discussion.
Practice or performance-based proposals are welcome, as long as they engage
thematically and rigorously with the working group theme, but these must be
achievable with limited resources and within 20-30 minutes.
The New Technologies working group welcomes participants who do not wish to
present a paper this year but would like to attend and contribute to the
discussions; please contact the conveners by email upon conference
registration to confirm your participation.
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Dr. Toni Sant
Lecturer in Performance & Creative Technologies
School of Arts and New Media
The University of Hull - Scarborough Campus
Filey Road, Scarborough - YO11 3AZ
United Kingdom
email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Applied & Interactive Theatre Guide
http://www.tonisant.com/aitg/ <http://www.tonisant.com/aitg/>
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