14-11-2019

JOIN US AT THE AUGMENTING PERFORMANCE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

    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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    Last modified on 15-11-2019