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e-Performance and Plug-ins
A Mediatised Performance Conference

01 and 02 December 2005
The School of Media, Film & Theatre, University of New South Wales, Australia


The hybrid phenomena created by new media performance-makers traverse a range of academic disciplines and approaches from philosophical enquiry into the ontology of liveness to the very technical and logistical questions of performance in a mediatised environment under diverse conditions of actualisation.

Some performance theorists have questioned the notion of liveness by asking 'How is the liveness of the performance changed when it occurs within the spaces of technology?' Others have discussed the phenomenon of Internet use as 'performance on-line' and have used terms commonly found in new media discourses, such as 'posthuman', 'virtual bodies', 'embodiment' and 'telepresence'. Yet others draw upon Lacanian film theory in their analysis.

This international symposium will address cross- and multi-disciplinary investigations of issues around media/technology-based performance. Delegates will participate from interstate as well as overseas. Paralleling the diversity and range of artistic and theoretical approaches to media-based performance, conference contributors will present multi-modally, including live video interventions by speakers outside Australia, live performances, as well as presentations of scholarly papers and practice-led research. This event presents a unique opportunity for a wide range of media arts/performance practices to be discussed within an interdisciplinary environment.