International Symposium
International Symposium
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Friday, March 8
“Technology in Contemporary East Asian Performance” brings together scholars and artists to investigate how the ever-changing dynamics between art and technology are shaping theater and performance in East Asia in the present moment.
Welcome
1–1:15 pm
Opening Keynote: “Technologies of the Real in Chinese Documentary Theatre: Virtual Materiality and the Digital Analogue”
1:15–2:15 pm
By Rossella Ferrari, Professor of Chinese Studies, University of Vienna
Panel 1: Mediatized Spaces
2:30–3:30 pm
Moderated by Marjan Moosavi, lecturer in Persian studies and performing arts, University of Maryland
- “Queens and Screens: Technology and Media in Contemporary Japanese Drag” —Justine Wiesinger, Assistant Professor of Japanese, Bates College
- “Spectacular Spaces: Physical, Technological, and Cultural Infrastructures in Contemporary Sinophone Theatre” –Tarryn Chun, Assistant Professor, Department of Film, Television, and Theatre, University of Notre Dame
- “Staging Inbetweenness: The Use of Projection in Japanese 2.5-Dimensional Theater” –Zihui Lu, Lecturer, School of Japanese Studies, Shanghai University of International Studies
Featured Artist Talk: Meiro Koizumi
3:30–4 pm
Coffee Break
4–4:30 pm
Featured Artist Talk: Katherine Hui-ling Chou
4:30–5 pm
Panel 2: Nonhuman Collaborators
5–6 pm
Moderated by Belinda Qian He, assistant professor of Sinophone cinema and media studies, University of Maryland
- “Towards a Human-machine Symbiotic Society: Androids and Avatars in Performance” –Mari Boyd, professor emeritus, Sophia University, Tokyo
- “Dancing with AI in (post) COVID Taiwan: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre’s WAVES 波 (2023) by Artistic Director Cheng Tsung-lung and Guest Artist Manabe Daito” —Yatin Lin, associate professor, School of Dance, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan
- “The Dramaturgy of AI, Creating Art, and Psychology in the Korean Play SELF-DESIGNATION” —Walter Byongsok Chon, associate professor of theatre studies, Ithaca College
Creating with Media and Technology: An Artists’ Roundtable
6–7 pm
Moderated by Alexa Alice Joubin, professor of English, theatre, international affairs, and East Asian languages and cultures, The George Washington University
Featuring Katherine Hui-ling Chou, Meiro Koizumi, Jaime Sunwoo, and Mengtai Zhang
Saturday, March 9
Technology in Contemporary East Asian Performance: An International Symposium (cont’d)
*Virtual talks will be projected in the Cafritz Foundation Theatre, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center; attendees may join in person or via Zoom. Panel and keynote will take place in person.
Featured Artist Talks: Hayoun Kwon and Wang Chong (Virtual)
9–10:30 am
Panel 3: Alternate Realities
11:30–12:45 pm
Moderated by James Harding, professor, School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies, University of Maryland
- “Performance and Technicity in Unique Henan: A Case Study of the Immersive Industry in Contemporary China” —Yizhou Huang, assistant professor of theatre, Department of Fine and Performing Arts, Saint Louis University
- “Void Theatres of Virtual Reality: Site-specific Performances from South Korea” —Kyueun Kim, Ph.D. candidate in theatre and performance, the Graduate Center, The City University of New York
- “Through the Frozen Moments in Time—VR and Immersive Storytelling of Historical Trauma” —Chee-Hann Wu, assistant professor faculty fellow in theatre studies, New York University
- “Exploring memory and time through dance and technology: Mikuni Yanaihara and Nibroll Dance Company” —Mina Kawahara, Ph.D. student, School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies, University of Maryland
Closing Keynote: “Risky Networks: Subverting Block Chain Technology and Intellectual Property in Millennial North Korea”
12:45–1:45 pm
By Suk-Young Kim, Professor of Theater and Performance Studies and Associate Dean of faculty and students, School of Theater, Film, and Television, University of California Los Angeles
Closing Remarks
1:45–2 pm
This event is part of Techno-Futures: Collaborations in Performance, Technology, and Creative Scholarship Symposium.