VES - INTERACTIVITY IN PERFORMANCE DESIGN by VES seminar

Degree Programmes in lighting and sound design of the University of the Arts Helsinki develop the teaching curricula and learning environments by researching different intersections and phenomena within contemporary performances.  Interactivity in Performance Design (in Finnish Vuorovaikutteisuus esityssuunnittelussa, shortened as VES) has supported the development of teaching curricula and learning environments since 2017. It develops the teaching of lighting and sound design by situating and examining them as the intersection of virtual, mediated and physical communication practices. The work is based on critical examination of phenomena and a strong research orientation.  Interactivity is understood in the context of VES as a broadening of the concepts of intersubjectivity and interaction. It is about charting the relationships between the different definitions and contexts of performance, performing, spectating, utilisation of contemporary technologies and their societal connections. The VES project examines the nature and use of digital technologies relevant to the fields of sound and lighting design, and the project seeks to identify the relevant topics, development requisites and ideas to augment and improve the course contents. The annual public VES seminar, held in English, provides a forum within the University of the Arts Helsinki for inspiring encounters between students, teachers, postgraduate students, researchers and professionals working in the field. 

VES 2019:

Unstable

constellations

VES 2017:

Mapping

Interactivity

Presence

VES 2017: Mapping interactivity

12.-13.12.2017, University of Arts Helsinki,

Theatre Academy,

Degree Programs in Lighting and Sound Design

Mapping Interactivity seminar gathers together artists, teachers, researchers, coders, musicians and media designers to present their ideas about interactivity and its possibilities. As the educators of future artists, we feel that it is important to ask how the constantly evolving and shifting relation between art and technology informs artistic creation and research. Could an overview of parallel artistic and scientific activities investigating interactivity encourage interdisciplinary communication and give ideas to new approaches? Could the concept of interaction function as a uniting factor within not only artistic practices but also between pedagogy and research?

Tuesday 12.12.2017

Jari Kauppinen and Tomi Humalisto (VÄS, Theatre Academy, Uniarts):

Opening the seminar and presentation of the guests

Katariina Numminen (Theatre Academy, Uniarts):

On Play and Dramaturgy - some remarks

Saana Lavaste (Theatre Academy, Uniarts):

Play and game in the practice of directing

Mikko Kanninen (University of Tampere):

Coriolanus Online - telepresence in performance training

Tuomo Rainio (Academy of Fine Arts, Uniarts):

Interactive image - visual arts and the technologies of the invisible

Joris Weijdom (University of The Arts Utrecht, HKU):