TaPRA 2019

Humanoid Performance in Rimini Protokoll’s Uncanny Valley (2018) and Holly Herndon’s Spawn (2019)How do non-human performers perform humanness on stage? In this paper I explore the aesthetics and reception of humanoid AI and robotic performers in two Berlin-based case studies... Read More →

Everything. Video games, embodiment and ecologyThis paper discusses David O’Reilly’s video game Everything (2017). I will argue that its dramaturgy and gameplay raise questions about ecology by inviting empathetic interactions between the player and the objects in the game. As... Read More →

Wild, mobile encounters: Re-forming the role of digital processes in place-making practicesThis presentation-provocation arises from a dissatisfaction with the role digital processes play in my current creative practices, engaging mobile devices in wild, urban places. It queries some... Read More →