We are happy to announce that the PROGRAM of the AUGMENTING PERFORMANCE international conference that will be organized at CINETic UNATC Bucharest (15-17 November 2019) is now available online. (Please keep following our website for updates)
We are delighted to have brought together such a diverse group of professionals – well over 100 guests from 13 different countries and 4 continents (Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, and Romania) – a true global community of artists and scientists.
CONFERENCE LINEUP
KEYNOTES
GERHARD WIDMER, PhD, Institute for Computational Perception, Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU) and Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI), Vienna (AUSTRIA), Con espressione!
ELIZABETH JOCHUM, PhD, Associate Professor in the Research Laboratory for Art and Technology (RELATE) at Aalborg University (DENMARK), Rehearsal for the robot revolution
JOE KING, Tutor in the Animation program at the Royal College of Art London (UK), Rock paper scissors. Expanded forms of animation, its use within live stage production and the role of research knowledge exchange within live projects
JORIS WEIJDOM, Researcher and senior lecturer – Media and Performance Laboratory at HKU University of the Arts Utrecht (NETHERLANDS), Designing performative mixed reality experiences and what we can learn from post-dramatic theatre
ALIN MOLDOVEANU, PhD, Professor and Vice-Dean at University Politehnica of Bucharest (ROMANIA) Sound of vision – augmenting in the dark – the new, artificial sense for the visually-impaired
RYSZARD W. KLUSZCZYŃSKI, PhD, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies; Chair of the Department of Electronic Media, University of Lodz (POLAND), From cinematic to participatory aesthetics. Immersivity, Interaction and Narrative in Contemporary Performing Arts
WORKSHOPS
MIGUEL ORTIZ, PhD, Lecturer of Education, Erasmus Coordinator, Sonic Arts Research Centre, School of Arts English and Languages, Queen’s University Belfast (UK)
KIVANÇ TATAR, PhD, School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver (CANADA) & Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technologies, Zürich University for the Arts (SWITZERLAND)
CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS
IOANA MISCHIE (CINETic) Government of Children. A pioneering glocal transmedia franchise with artistic, educational, societal impact
TEODORA UNGUREANU (UAUIM BUCHAREST) & MARIA MANDEA (UNARTE BUCHAREST), Narrative puzzle in a post-industrial city
ȘTEFAN DAMIAN (CINETic), Choreographic performance using wearable sensors for sonic interaction
GORKEM ACAROGLU (AUSTRALIA), Robots, Avatars and Ghosts. A case study: directing human and technological actors
MARIUS HODEA (CINETic), Between Realities, Art Gesture by Technology
HOREA AVRAM (UBB CLUJ-NAPOCA), The user is present. Performing temporality in mobile augmented reality art
GRIGORE BURLOIU (CINETic), Augmenting a string quartet with live electronics
MIRCEA KIRALY (UBB CLUJ-NAPOCA), Mymix – an AR application on live immersive sound
KIVANC TATAR (CANADA), Subjects of Art in the Post-Metacreation Era
MARIÉ-HELEEN COETZEE (SOUTH AFRICA), Betwixt and between: the intermedial dramaturgy of Gopala Davies
RAMONA COSTEA (UT CLUJ) & TIBERIU TEODOR-STANCIU (UAGE IAȘI), Memorat – a VR-based monograph
ALEXANDRA MUREȘAN (UBB CLUJ-NAPOCA), Creative matrices: Mirrors without glass, algorithms and geometric patterns
ANDREEA IOSIF (UAUIM BUCHAREST) & CRISTINA CLAUDIA POPESCU (UNARTE BUCHAREST), An interdisciplinary art-tech approach through a VR application for the Simu Museum
RICHARD PETTIFER (GERMANY), The Artist is absent: Non-Human Agency in the Situation of the Theatre
DORIN CUCICOV (CINETic), The Sentient Machine. Extending emotional framework through interactive experiences
MARINA HANGANU (CESI BUCHAREST), Before Sunset/After Sunrise: Augmenting Space, Time, and Perception in Telematic Performance
NATALIA ȚURCAN (CESI BUCHAREST), Radio Drama – a sound show
CIPRIAN FACAERU (CINETic), Scenography of Augmented Space
MARIA NĂSTASE (CINETic), Sonic images. Pixel sonification in the photographic image
ADELA MUNTEAN (UBB CLUJ-NAPOCA), Performing Art Practices under the Dome
FRANCISC APOSTU (CINETic), Creating Meaningful Play
IULIANA GHERGHESCU (CINETic), A case for a Bachelor’s program in Art and Technology
ANABELA COSTA (FRANCE), Poetic Cosmicity, VR immersive interactive videoart animation [live practical demonstration]
ANDREI UNGUREANU (CINETic), Gesture recognition system using leap motion sensor: a machine learning approach [live practical demonstration]
MIHAELA DRĂGAN (ROMANIA), Roma Futurism
PANEL: Transdisciplinary skills in creative industries
MODERATOR: Professor Dan Vasiliu, PhD |
Director of the Doctoral School | UNATC „I.L. Caragiale” Bucharest
Alex M. Dascălu | Managing Director
Bucharest Chapter of Founder Institute | Bucharest, Romania
Professor Ioan Cristescu, PhD | Director
National Museum of Romanian Literature | Bucharest, Romania
Professor Nicolae Gheorghiță, PhD | Vice-Rector
National University of Music | Bucharest, Romania
Architect Emil Ivănescu | President
Bucharest Order of Architects (OAR) | Romania
Professor Dinu Dumbrăvician, PhD
National University of Arts Bucharest | Faculty of Decorative Arts and Design | Romania
PERFORMANCES
Friday, November 15th 2019
LIVE CODING PERFORMANCE
Performers: DORIN CUCICOV & BOGDAN ȘTEFĂNESCU
Saturday, November 16th 2019
URBAN DELTA SCAPES @ Odeon Theatre
Collective:
Music: VLAD ILICEVICI, RADU POP, GEORGE FRĂTICA
Performers: ANDREEA BELU, ALEXANDRA BĂLĂȘOIU
Movement v. sound interaction: GRIGORE BURLOIU, DORIN CUCICOV, OCTAVIAN ALBU, EMIL DRĂGAN
Animation and motion design: RADU POP, ION ARAMĂ, VLAD ILICEVICI, DAN PANAITESCU, BERTRAND SIGNORELLI, HARRY POWELL ALEXANDRU MINCIUNĂ, CRISTIANA CĂLIN, IOANA TRUȘCĂ, GEORGIANA DIBU, DEZ, ANDA PUȘCAȘ, VADIM CIOCĂZAN, DIANA NECȘULESCU, ANA DOBRESCU
Video crew: VLAD ILICEVICI, GABRIEL COPOERU
Special thanks: ANNE DUBOS, FRÉDÉRIC BEVILACQUA
Sunday, November 17th 2019
#FLUID-ity
A performative concert with: PAUL DUNCA / PAULA DUNKER – performer, choreographer, playwright, ALEX BĂLĂ (musician) and other twisted creatures.
ART INSTALLATIONS
STREAM by ALINA RIZESCU
Information streams and natural streams have a similar dynamic. The stream and the user are influencing each other in an organic continuous way.
SENTIENTIA by DORIN CUCICOV
This installation expands on the impact of technological advancement on human emotions and social interactions. The project is the result of a research conducted at the International Center for Research and Education in Innovative Creative Technologies(CINETic) in Bucharest by MA student Dorin Cucicov under the coordination of Alexandru Berceanu.
HUMAN STORIES by MARTIAL GEOFFRE-ROULAND
Digital art installation, exploiting more than 30,000 video streams in real time, with the aid of a bot that is constantly looking for human presence, using artificial intelligence. Trying to tell us a story through the eyes of the computer, this installation makes us think about our own privacy in our ultra-connected society. A matrix of 12 screens is displayed on a wall, showing live streams from unprotected cameras. All these streams are analysed in real time using machine learning – trying to detect whether there is human activity. As soon as humans are detected into a stream, they are displayed onto one of the screens, letting the visitor step into a curious voyeur position.
PHOTOSYNTHESIZER by ITPMA Year One 2019
A hybrid technological-organic object that transforms touch and light into sound sequences. Photosynthesizer explores the theme of co-creation between human, nature and technology. Interaction with human input and environmental factors produces different sets of sounds, which mirror the plant’s physiological state. Play the artificial leaves with your hand or any metallic object. Meanwhile, the humidity and temperature in the soil will select the sounds that are available to you.
Looking forward to welcoming you all at CINETic this weekend!
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