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October 18, 2005
A bit more on Bill Irwin's opening plenary presentation
The DUX 2005 website provides Bill Irwin's impressive bio, and an earlier blog posting details the themes of Bill's involvement in the conference.
So, how about a title and abstract for Bill's presentation? Here they are:
"The Language of the Body": Lecture-DemonstrationBill Irwin's lifelong fascination with the language of the body has fueled his work as a performer. He has deep expertise in performing-experience design across several ancient and highly evolved disciplines, with much for digital designers to learn.
In this special lecture-demonstration, Irwin offers insights from his years on stage about the physicality of communication and his own use of the body's language. Can the performer predict audience responses? How does a human performer optimally manage the audience's focus and distraction from moment to moment? How do performers collaborate to create more than they expected, and sail into uncharted territory? Improvisation can be considered a model for software to truly adapt to the user, instead of the reverse.
The opening plenary session of DUX 2005 will occur the evening of Thursday, 3 November beginning at 5:30pm.
Posted by richard.anderson at October 18, 2005 11:58 AM