And, With

1
And, With Through The Technologies of
Performance
Dr. Gregory Sporton Director, VRU BIAD/UCE
2
Digital Technology Performance

• Diversification
• Impact
• Categories of Art
• Taxonomies
• Levels
• Types
• Purpose

3
Method
Methodology

• Technology foregrounded
• Convergence of practice
• Practical examples

• Scientific Method
• Methodology in the Humanities
• The Creative Process

4
Latency

• Practice of creativity
• Clarity of enquiry
• Taxonomy

5
And

• Technology as additional
• Retains traditional practice
• Invites conventional interpretation
• Form does not throw up significant issues

6
With

• Dependent on technology
• Mediates between technology and practice
• Relationship between known forms and technology
• Uses technology with extended techniques

7
Through

• Sees the shaping of technology as the creative
  end
• Uses features and opportunities of technology
• Assimilates the technology into the creative
  process

8
Methodology

• Scientific Method
• Tests a hypothesis
• Humanities
• Positions the researcher
• Proposes an approach
• Creative Practice
• Technique?
• Emphasis on originality

9
Final Issues

• Reflexivity
• Complexity
• Practicality
• Teleology
• Role of theory
• Enquiry
• Proposition
• Process