This is a workshop, demonstration, idea exchange, community discussion and PIZZA, a hybrid event by the Digital Dramaturgy Lab squared, online and in person (20 spots). 

This project is partially sponsored by the Inlight Student Mental Health Research Initiative for the research project “The Cave that Hummed a Song - Moving VR, Moving body and mind - Play, labor and learning to be well”.

This event is a praxis-based research demonstration and symposium organized by the Digital Dramaturgy Lab squared (DDL2) in collaboration with the Interactive Media Lab. We also thank the Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies (CDTPS) at U of T for their in-kind support.

DATE & TIME:
Sunday, Oct.6, 2024, 2-6pm

LOCATION:
Luella Massey Studio Theatre, 4 Glen Morris Street, St. George Campus, Toronto (not wheelchair accessible)

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PROGRAM:
PART I: Sensor-based and VR performative interactions (Demonstrations and workshop, followed by discussion)
INTERLUDE: PIZZA, beverages, making friends
PART II: The Uncanny and the Mundane – Human-machine interaction in the Performing Arts, Planetary Simulations and Eldercare (Mini symposium, followed by discussion)

COLLABORATORS:
Antje Budde, Don Sinclair, Mark Chignell, Noah Zijie Qu, Kwame Kyei-Boateng, Jacob Loat, You Zhi Hu, Ilja Mirsky, Evan Moritz, Larry Ng

INQUIRY:
shlarry.ng@mail.utoronto.ca

*Free of charge