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In this chapter, I will discuss my practice-based project, ‘Intelligence, Interaction, Reaction and Performance’, which consists of a series of performances that utilise new technologies. The first was Blue Bloodshot Flowers performed at Brunei University, West London, and the 291 Gallery, London, in 2001, and the second is Dead East, Dead West, which was performed at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, in August 2003. The performances which I directed consist of various physical/virtual interactions using a diverse range of technologies including motion capture,1 artificial intelligence,2 and/or 3D animation.
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Broadhurst, S. (2006). Intelligence, Interaction, Reaction, and Performance. In: Broadhurst, S., Machon, J. (eds) Performance and Technology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230288157_11
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