New Ground I                                                                   The Ohio State University

Interactive Performance                                         Department of Dance and ACCAD

Professor Norah Zuniga Shaw                                                Email: zuniga-shaw.1@osu.edu

Dr. Matthew Lewis                                                              Email: mlewis@accad.osu.edu

Class meeting: 2 1.5 / hrs. cl. + 8-15 hours of outside research per week

Website: http://accad.osu.edu/~mlewis/NewGround/                         

WIKI: http://wiki.accad.ohio-state.edu/legacy/wiki.pl?NewGroundCourseWiki

 

1. Course Title, Prerequisites, and Description:

692: New Ground 1_Interactive Performance, 5 credits

Prerequisites: elementary digital video and web design and permission of instructor

 

The New Ground cycle is an advanced seminar that fosters innovation and the creation of new knowledge in the engagement of the body with emerging technologies (in theater, dance, music, art, design, computing, communications and other allied fields). The specific subject of study varies each year as new opportunities and technologies become available. In year one of the New Ground Cycle we will be focusing on interactive performance or the engagement between the body, interactive media technologies, and performance.

 

Winter Quarter:

The first quarter of the New Ground cycle is an introduction to creative concepts in interactive performance. We will draw extensively from theories and practices in dance and theater improvisation, architecture, multimedia, the visual arts, and computer science. Combined with a philosophical dimension this initial research into artistic concepts in the body/mind/space/technology continuum will prepare the student for a series of collaborative experiments in new collaborative artistic practices during Spring quarter.

 

2. Course Objectives and/or Student Learning Outcomes:

At the successful completion of the course, the student will demonstrate: