(BEAM) investigates cutting edge research trends and technology platforms that monitor and augment human function with applications that span the performing arts, creative industries, and the health sectors. The workshop offers hands-on activities using advanced sensor technologies for physiological data for real-time performance with computation, including machine learning. Read more…

In this workshop we will cover concepts such as gaining meta-awareness about the creative process and how everyone in a collaborative group approaches this process differently. Read more…

A series of hands-on workshops with a focus on the tools for creating immersive live sound and video performance as well as integrating data sources such as motion, sensor and robotics either locally or via remote networks. Read more…

Building on the basic introduction from Friday we will demonstrate and test the new IzzyCast telematic performance tools that allow up to 8 channels of remote real time video, audio, and control data to be directly integrated into Isadora. Read more…

Skybetter will dive into the origin of choreorobotics, recent advancements in the field, and how emerging technologies can be informed or disrupted by collective action and coalition building. He will cover topics ranging from Boston Dynamics robots, Tesla’s “Party Mode” and Optimus robots, parasitic aesthetic theory, to the movie M3GAN, Artificial Intelligence, and a little bit of Beyoncé. Read more…

Drawing on years of research in New Media and Performance, Avital Meshi invites participants to explore, play, and engage with AI systems that serve as platforms for identity transformation. The workshop features interactive demonstrations of the GPT-ME system, an AI wearable that injects ideas directly into the mind. Read more…

In this improvisation class, Daiane will lead you through a sequence of movement prompts designed to warm up the body, sharpen the mind, and heighten your senses. You'll explore how to respond to both internal impulses and the external environment, making deliberate choices in relation to space, time, and each other. Read more…