Embodiment in virtual reality performance

João Martinho Moura; N. Barros; Paulo Ferreira-Lopes

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-73426-8_1

Embodiment in virtual reality performance

João Martinho Moura^*
, N. Barros
, Paulo Ferreira-Lopes

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

In this publication, we present artistic and technical developments in creating and presenting dance performances in media art, where embodiment is crucial in the artistic process. We study and compare three distinct performances with dancers and one choreographer in the same dance company between 2009 and 2020. The degree of immersion in performance is then compared between the three pieces, created at Balleteatro, in Porto, addressing the transition from the real to the virtual in the performance perspective, with practical cases and direct observations in the way the audience learns different states of body representation through technological means. We initially present the NUVE performance (2010), interpreted by Né Barros, Co:Lateral (2016–2019), a performance that crosses different realities, and, finally, the transition to the UNA work (2020) that takes place in total virtuality. This publication focuses on the developments, the public experience, and the results obtained in more than 20 exhibitions in different locations, either in theater or auditorium and in conference venues.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Interactivity and Game Creation - 9th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2020, Proceedings
Editors	Anthony Brooks, Eva Irene Brooks, Duckworth Jonathan
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	3-20
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Print)	9783030734251
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73426-8_1
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	9th EAI International Conference on Arts and Technology, Interactivity, and Game Creation, ArtsIT 2020 - Aalborg, Denmark Duration: 10 Dec 2020 → 11 Dec 2020

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST
Volume	367 LNICST
ISSN (Print)	1867-8211
ISSN (Electronic)	1867-822X

Conference

Conference	9th EAI International Conference on Arts and Technology, Interactivity, and Game Creation, ArtsIT 2020
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Aalborg
Period	10/12/20 → 11/12/20

Keywords

Embodiment
Performance
Virtual reality

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Moura, J. M., Barros, N., & Ferreira-Lopes, P. (2021). Embodiment in virtual reality performance. In A. Brooks, E. I. Brooks, & D. Jonathan (Eds.), Interactivity and Game Creation - 9th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2020, Proceedings (pp. 3-20). (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST; Vol. 367 LNICST). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73426-8_1

Moura, João Martinho ; Barros, N. ; Ferreira-Lopes, Paulo. / Embodiment in virtual reality performance. Interactivity and Game Creation - 9th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2020, Proceedings. editor / Anthony Brooks ; Eva Irene Brooks ; Duckworth Jonathan. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021. pp. 3-20 (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST).

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Moura, JM, Barros, N & Ferreira-Lopes, P 2021, Embodiment in virtual reality performance. in A Brooks, EI Brooks & D Jonathan (eds), Interactivity and Game Creation - 9th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2020, Proceedings. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST, vol. 367 LNICST, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 3-20, 9th EAI International Conference on Arts and Technology, Interactivity, and Game Creation, ArtsIT 2020, Aalborg, Denmark, 10/12/20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73426-8_1

Embodiment in virtual reality performance. / Moura, João Martinho; Barros, N.; Ferreira-Lopes, Paulo.
Interactivity and Game Creation - 9th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2020, Proceedings. ed. / Anthony Brooks; Eva Irene Brooks; Duckworth Jonathan. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021. p. 3-20 (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST; Vol. 367 LNICST).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Moura JM, Barros N, Ferreira-Lopes P. Embodiment in virtual reality performance. In Brooks A, Brooks EI, Jonathan D, editors, Interactivity and Game Creation - 9th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2020, Proceedings. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2021. p. 3-20. (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-73426-8_1

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