The University for the Creative Arts and the University of Greenwich, working in partnership hosted the first Extended Senses and Embodying Technology Symposium, chaired by Camille Baker (University for the Creative Arts) and Ghislaine Boddington (University of Greenwich). Selected artworks were exhibited at the Stephen Lawrence Gallery from 8-10 September 2022.
This cross-disciplinary symposium brought together research and practice and explored ways to extend and expand the body through new and emerging modalities and technologies. The event was comprised of a programme of presentations, discussion and exhibition investigating the intersection of technology and the arts, and the diverse landscape of specialities which emerge in the wake of this crossover. It focused primarily on the body as a site of knowledge production within this field, especially work on immersion, haptic engagement and interfacing as key methodologies for understanding the bridge between the analogue and the digital. This included electronic or smart textiles, research exploring multimodal interfaces and human-technology interaction, dance, theatre, music and other performance modes, as well all artistic and design work that engage with technology to translate different embodied senses and experiential sensations.
The symposium was delivered in a hybrid style so presenters and delegates could attend from all over the globe and share their work, thoughts and ideas.
Symposium Topics Included:
- Bodily Interaction: Movement, Gesture and Touch
- Embodying & Expanding Beyond the Skin: Bodies and Consciousness
- Interfaces: Multimodal, Haptic, Textiles and Sensing
- Human-Machine: Ecologies, Cognition and Collaboration
- Real to Virtual: Immersion and the Metaverse
- Human Responsibility and Design Ethics
- Sustainability: Social, Ethical and Environmental
