Improvising Cyborgs

Catalog description

What can we learn about technologies of human-machine cooperation by improvising with them? This experiential and practice-based course provides a collaborative platform for students to investigate cyborg relations and create technologically mediated multidisciplinary performances through the practices of play and improvisation. Open to anyone with experience working with technology who wants to explore improvisation and performance, not only as art forms, but also to inform their making process and translate these skills to other areas. The course welcomes those with a broad range of backgrounds from sound/music, dance and visual arts, to game designers, engineers and those with interests in philosophy, psychology and embodied cognition.