The Semiotics of Synthetic Spaces: Embodied Knowledge and Multilingual Narratives in Digital Performance
🗓️ Wednesday, 24 June — 10:50am
- 11:30am
(40 mins)
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Abstract
Movement workshop on education with interactive monologic systems.
This proposal by the Future Storytelling Lab (FSL), investigates the creative and pedagogical potential of generating sonical narratives in performance and artistic research. Led by Feilim Ó hAoláin (Programme Coordinator, FSL) and Niek Vanoosterweyck (dancer/choreographer) we will explore how movement mapping can enhance interdisciplinary collaboration between movement, language, and digital media.
In this laboratory setting, participants will experiment live with generative design softwares, converting embodied movement and multilingual prompts into sonic narratives. Through practice-based experimentation, the workshop not only explores how monologic systems can reshape artistic practices, but also fosters critical reflection on these performances or happenings—examining their aesthetic, ethical, and conceptual implications.
Participants will:
-Experiment with Touchdesinger, Ableton and an infrared camera as a performative and educational medium, integrating movement, voice, and multilingual input.
-Discuss strategies for embedding generative systems in arts education, focusing on interdisciplinary learning, digital literacy, and collaborative creation.
-Explore how monologic systems challenge boundaries between physical/digital performance and the roles of creator, performer, and audience.
-Address key tensions, such as authorship, agency, and the algorithm’s role in live and educational settings.
Drawing on the Future Storytelling Lab’s expertise in experimental pedagogy and performance technology at ArtEZ University, the workshop will equip participants with actionable insights for integrating monologic systems into their research or alternatively creating a space of critique and dialogue around this emerging technology.
This proposal by the Future Storytelling Lab (FSL), investigates the creative and pedagogical potential of generating sonical narratives in performance and artistic research. Led by Feilim Ó hAoláin (Programme Coordinator, FSL) and Niek Vanoosterweyck (dancer/choreographer) we will explore how movement mapping can enhance interdisciplinary collaboration between movement, language, and digital media.
In this laboratory setting, participants will experiment live with generative design softwares, converting embodied movement and multilingual prompts into sonic narratives. Through practice-based experimentation, the workshop not only explores how monologic systems can reshape artistic practices, but also fosters critical reflection on these performances or happenings—examining their aesthetic, ethical, and conceptual implications.
Participants will:
-Experiment with Touchdesinger, Ableton and an infrared camera as a performative and educational medium, integrating movement, voice, and multilingual input.
-Discuss strategies for embedding generative systems in arts education, focusing on interdisciplinary learning, digital literacy, and collaborative creation.
-Explore how monologic systems challenge boundaries between physical/digital performance and the roles of creator, performer, and audience.
-Address key tensions, such as authorship, agency, and the algorithm’s role in live and educational settings.
Drawing on the Future Storytelling Lab’s expertise in experimental pedagogy and performance technology at ArtEZ University, the workshop will equip participants with actionable insights for integrating monologic systems into their research or alternatively creating a space of critique and dialogue around this emerging technology.
Biography
Feilim Ó hAoláin (IRL/NL) is a Programme Coordinator at the Future Storytelling Lab and is also Projects Coordinator at Unesco Chair for Issues Based Arts Education (ArtEZ University of the Arts). Over the past three years at Future Storytelling Lab (FSL), he has pioneered a dynamic residency programme, cultivated a vibrant interdisciplinary learning community, and reimagined the academy’s curricula to embed emerging technologies—such as AI, interactive media, and digital storytelling—into artistic education and research
Niek Van Oosterweyk (BE) is a mime artist and interactive performance maker, trained at the Amsterdam School of the Arts. His practice merges physical theatre, digital media, and multilingual prompts to create immersive, real-time experiences that blur the line between analogue and digital performance. Through interactive spaces and embodied storytelling, he investigates themes of polarity, movement as language, and the intersection of body and technology, inviting audiences into participatory, sensory-rich environments where gesture, sound, and digital interaction converge.
Niek Van Oosterweyk (BE) is a mime artist and interactive performance maker, trained at the Amsterdam School of the Arts. His practice merges physical theatre, digital media, and multilingual prompts to create immersive, real-time experiences that blur the line between analogue and digital performance. Through interactive spaces and embodied storytelling, he investigates themes of polarity, movement as language, and the intersection of body and technology, inviting audiences into participatory, sensory-rich environments where gesture, sound, and digital interaction converge.