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CNR 2016: Lectures: Edward Scheer (AUS): The Robots are Coming but don't worry they can't act

Robotic mediations are effecting change in culture, society and in all aspects of human life but while fields such as cinema and screen studies have extensively canvassed the question of robotic participation in contemporary life, theatre as 'the last human venue' (Read 2008) has not developed this theme to the same extent nor has it been the focus of significant research in relation to robotics. This paper seeks to address the aesthetic conditions of an increasingly non-human modality in theatre, performance and time based art and, in particular, the impact in these domains of robotics. The topic of anthropomorphism will structure the examples that follow in which I outline theatrical and performative approaches to robotics along differently anthropomorphic lines.

Bio. Professor Edward Scheer is Director of Research in the School of the Arts and Media at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He is a founding editor of the journal Performance Paradigm and has written essays on art and aesthetics for a range of publications as well as institutions such as the National Gallery of Australia, Documenta 13, the Biennale of Sydney and the Auckland Triennial. He is author, co-author and editor of 10 books in the area of performance and new media including most recently New Media Dramaturgy (Palgrave, 2016) with Peter Eckersall and Helena Grehan. He wasPresident of PSi, Performance Studies international, the international professional association in the field of performance studies from 2007-2011 and a member of the Australian Research Council College of Experts (2013-2015).

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Professor Edward Scheer is Director of Research in the School of the Arts and Media at the University of New South Wales, Australia.

Edward Scheer (AUS): The Robots are Coming but don't worry they can't act
Edward Scheer will present his lecture "The Robots are Coming but don't worry they can't act" at Cafe Neu Romance at 9:30 - 10 am on the 26 October 2016 at IIM (Institute of Intermedia), FEL CVUT (Czech Technical University) in Prague.

IIM (Institute of Intermedia)
Hall H25 at FEL CVUT
Technická 2
CZ-160 00 Prague.
Czech Republic