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 Technology foregrounded Convergence of practice Practical examples Scientific Method Methodology in the Humanities The Creative Process Methodology

4. Latency Practice of creativity Clarity of enquiry Taxonomy

5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaPDFKKXX_8 And… Technology as additional Retains ‘traditional’ practice Invites conventional interpretation Form does not throw up significant issues

6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZPnJ6--gtY With… Dependent on technology Mediates between technology and practice Relationship between known forms and technology Uses technology with ‘extended techniques’

7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKnuF0AXiyY 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. www.biad.uce.ac.uk/vru Final Issues Reflexivity Complexity Practicality Teleology Role of theory –Enquiry –Proposition –Process