All are welcome to the public session of Interpolations 2, an annual think tank devoted to exploring, envisioning, and extending performance and digital technologies in the twenty-first century.

Presented by the Immersive Technology Collective, a multiyear cluster of the Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures at WashU.

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Schedule:

1:15 p.m.: Doors open

1:30–2:45 p.m.: Keynote presentation — Saray Bay-Cheng, Dean and Professor of Theatre, York University in Toronto

This presentation considers the development of digital historiography in theatre and the performing arts as it emerged from a long history of medial influence on theatre history and practice. Engaging theoretical approaches from intermediality and spatial computing, this talk considers how digital historiography has been used to create history and historiography in and as performance.

3:15–4:45 p.m.: Roundtable, “Provocations for Spatial Computing and Performance,” followed by Q&A. Moderated by Elizabeth Hunter, WashU.

4:45–5:15 p.m.:Coffee Reception