DRHA (Digital Resources in the Humanities and Arts)

DRHA - Keynote by StelarcDRHA (Digital Resources in the Humanities and Arts)
5th – 8th September 2010
Brunel University, London

with the theme ‘Sensual Technologies: Collaborative Practices of Interdiscplinarity’. Thecla Schiphorst and Stelarc are two of the Keynote Speakers this year, and it is an excellent networking place for worldwide  digital connections.

The conference’s overall theme is the exploration of the collaborative relationship between the body and sensual/sensing technologies across various disciplines. In this respect it will offer an interrogation of practices that are indebted to the innovative exchange between the sensual, visceral and new technologies.

At the same time, the aim is to look to new approaches offered by various emerging fields and practices that incorporate new and existing technologies. Keynote Speakers are:-

– Richard Coyne – Professor of Architectural Computing at the University of Edinburgh.

– Christopher Pressler: Director of Research and Learning Resources and Director of the Centre for Research Communications, University of Nottingham.

– Thecla Schiphorst: Media Artist/Designer and Faculty Member in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology. Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.

– STELARC, Chair in Performance Art at Brunel University and Senior Research, Fellow in the MARCS Labs at the University of Western Sydney.

body>data>space will present research outputs from Robots and Avatars and from the virtual mobility research “Excited Atoms”. Ghislaine is a member of the conference standing and programme committee.

Register now here

http://drha2010.org.uk/index.php/registration/

http://www.drha2010.org.uk/