This joint graduate-undergraduate course is surveying major emerging technologies and their potential uses within and impact on live performance—pulling from, for example, augmented and virtual reality, electronic textiles, the Internet of Things, and modern approaches to artificial intelligence. Through lectures, in-class experiments, and group research projects, the class is examining many of the technologies revolutionizing consumer markets and the daily experiences of people across the planet, from both a practical and theoretical perspective.
The goal is for students to develop an understanding of the fundamental qualities and social forces behind technology shaping the contemporary world, and the necessary skills to start applying these technologies from a critical perspective to their creative work.
Jeff Burke—Theater 137/437—Spring 2018/Fall 2019.
