Dr. Long, along with fellow Northwestern School of Communication faculty members Ozge Samanci, Eliza Bent, Melissa Blanco, Thomas DeFrantz, and Darren Gergle received a $50,000 Convergence Seminar Grant to explore research related to Computational Embodiments. A summary of the grant is below; the faculty will be collaborating on this work in Spring 2024.
Computational Embodiments: Cultures of AI, Computational Media and Performance Art
The use of computational media such as artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality, motion capture, projection mapping, data visualization and sonification has drastically changed the characteristic artistry of theater, dance, and performance arts and its cultural effects. This seminar will serve as an incubator amongst faculty whose work relates to theory and practice of performance arts (dance and theater), human-computer interaction and human-centered AI, media arts, and computational media. This seminar will be engaging in conversations that circulate around the themes of embodiment, creativity and collaboration. The first three weeks of the seminar will be spent on short presentations and ideation sessions to identify culturally significant themes. Emerging topics might include: (dis)embodiment in performance art and technology, AI-aided collaboration platforms for performance art, technology and making in performance art, equity and inclusivity in technology augmented performance arts, AI and performance art. We will then identify 1-2 promising research directions, and will focus the remainder of the quarter on exploring this common agenda. From this we will target two major outcomes. First, we aim to develop an initial prototype of a computational performance art piece, which will be performed at Northwestern and submitted to media arts and performance venues. Second, we will use the seminar as a springboard for the production of collaborative grant proposals
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