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Apologies - made a mistake in a hurry. The correct date is as in the subject: Friday, 22 October, 18:00 – 19:00 instead of Thursday, 29 April, 18:00 – 19:00 All else is correct. Hope to see you then (22 October) ! Regards, Gordana Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT Garwood Lecture Theatre, South Wing (Details how to get there at the bottom of the page) Abstract This film-lecture grounds its inquiry into augmented reality on an artistic research/production developed by DAP-Lab (Center for Contemporary and Digital Performance, Brunel University) during 2008-2010. The mixed reality installation UKIYO, created with partners in Tokyo and deriving inspiration from Japanese drawings (ukiyo-e) and anime, presents scenographic practices that connect physical space to virtual worlds and explore how performers can move between material and immaterial spaces. The spatial design for UKIYO is inspired by Japanese hanamichi and western fashion runways, emphasizing the production company's cross-over experimentation with different movement languages, retro-futurist wearable design for interactive performance, acoustic and electronic sound processing and digital image objects that have a plastic as well as an immaterial/virtual dimension. The work integrates various forms of making art in order to visualize things that are not in themselves visual, or which connect visual and kinaesthetic/tactile/auditory experiences, while expanding current collaborative convergences between arts and science/engineering. The “Moveable Worlds” of UKIYO are also reflections of the narrative spaces, subtexts and auditory relationships in the mutating matrix of an installation-space inviting the audience to move around and follow their sensorial experiences, drawn near to the bodies of performers and to their avatars. Biography Johannes Birringer is artistic director of AlienNation Co., a Houston-based multimedia ensemble that has collaborated on various site-specific and cross-cultural performance and installation projects since 1993. After directing international workshops on dance and technology in England, Germany, and the US., he was appointed head of the new dance and technology program at The Ohio State University (1999-2003). He developed the new MFA curriculum in dance technologies, initiated the IPS (Interactive Performance Series), and conducted research programs in his "Environments Lab." Since 2003 he has worked more frequently in Europe, and was Principal Research Fellow in Live Art and Performance at Nottingham Trent University. He joined Brunel University's School of Arts in early 2006. He is director of the DAP-Lab and Acting Director of the newly created Centre for Contemporary and Digital Performance. http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/sa/artstaff/drama/johannes Getting to UCL: The nearest Tube stations are Euston Square and Warren Street. For full details, see http://www.ucl.ac.uk/about-ucl/location/public-transport How to find the Garwood Lecture Theatre: Once you enter the main gate of UCL in Gower Street, you will face the Portico in the UCL quadrangle courtyard. Please take the right hand side diagonal and walk to the right corner of the building. You will see the brass tablet indicating South Wing. Enter the second entrance door at the South Wing, and you will find the Garwood Lecture Theatre on the first floor. There will be signs from the entrance that will help you to find the exact location easily. You may also consult the UCL maps at: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/about-ucl/location/maps Entrance is free, all welcome. Regards, Gordana Tesla Curator