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This 3-hour workshop introduces you to working with an artificial intelligence and robot as a co-performer and co-designer. The workshop will be led by Dr. Piotr Mirowski and Dr. Boyd Branch of the internationally recognized Improbotics troupe. Piotr and Boyd will guide you through developing novel AI driven performance concepts, giving you an opportunity to practice your ideas along with other workshop participants. Their creative ethos is about risk, challenge, and cooperation. Their approach embodies how improvisers take on seemingly impossible tasks, and through their skill and open mind, surprise themselves.
Participants should have an interest or experience in creative technology, creative performance, and/or the future of entertainment.
Please bring with you to the workshop: your smartphone and a headset/mic (if you have one available).
Students will need to bring:
- Earphones that connect with a 3.5mm jack
- Wear comfortable clothing suitable for light physical activity
- Playful Energy
- Open mind and willingness to contribute to a cooperative learning environment
Overview
- Category: Immersive
- Purpose of the experience: co-perform and co-design
- Will there be a physical touch between the recipient and the creator? : No
- Pick an emotion(s): Interest
- Location of the experience: Venue
- Who should avoid it? Under 18? Pregnant? Allergies and phobias? : under 18
- Should the recipient source medical advice prior to this experience? : No
- Do you offer medical advice for this experience? : No
- Your bio and contact: Dr Piotr Mirowski is a Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind, a Visiting Researcher and Knowledge Exchange Scholar at Goldsmiths, University of London, and the co-founder and Director of Improbotics. His research on artificial intelligence covers the subjects of reinforcement learning, navigation, weather and climate forecasting, as well as a socio-technical systems approach to human-machine collaboration and to computational creativity. He is the author of over 75 papers that have been published in prestigious journals including Nature. Piotr studied computer science in France at ENSEEIHT Toulouse and obtained his PhD in computer science in 2011 at New York University, with a thesis supervised by Prof. Yann LeCun (Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2011). A trained actor himself (London School of Dramatic Art), Piotr created Improbotics, a theatre company where human actors and robots improvise live comedy performances and investigate the use of AI for artistic human and machine-based co-creation, aiming at bridging the arts and sciences. Dr. Boyd Branch is an immersive media, collaborative AI, and performance specialist. He works across disciplines with scientists, engineers, and artists to develop novel tools, experiences, and pedagogies aimed at fostering adaptive radical social change through play. A former Fulbright fellow, Branch’s critically acclaimed art, designs, lectures, and workshops have been produced for the Venice Biennale, off-West End, off-Broadway and major cities in the U.S., England, Colombia, the Netherlands, and Pakistan (sponsored by the US State Department). He is a co-director of Improbotics London, an award winning international improvisational theatre troupe that works with robots live on stage. He is also the founder of the Improvisational Media and Performance Lab, which explores how improvisational pedagogies can be utilized to create accessible, adaptive, and socially supportive technologies. He is an assistant professor at Coventry University where he is the course director for the master's degree program in Virtual and Augmented Reality, and an APiRE Fellow for Centre for Dance Research. He holds a PhD in Engineering and Digital Media from the University of Kent, an M.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Digital Media from Arizona State University, and an M.A. in theatre studies from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands.
- How do you take payments?: book online, free but sopaces are limited
- Location: London
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