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Johannes Birringer is a choreographer and media artist. He directs the Center for Contemporary and Digital Performance at Brunel University, West London. He is author of "Theatre, Theory, Postmodernism;" "Media and Performance;" and "Performance on the Edge." He is co-editor of "Dance and Cognition."

The author's writings are widely known in the United States and Europe.

Acknowledgments viii

Introduction xi

I Moving Through Technologies 1

Trackback 1: Performance & Moving Images 3

Machines & Bodies 23

Trackback 2: Algorithms, Dance, & Technology 60

Performance & Engineering 75

Deafman Glance & Molecular Gaze 84

II The Interactive Paradigm 99

River Beds & Gardens: The Tactile Interface Environment 101

Interactive Systems 119

Between Mapping & Artificial Intelligence 153

III Digital Environments, Wearable Spaces 165

Architecture & the Digital 167

Installations & the Participant-User 179

Design Futures: Wearables 214

Level Up: Games & The Theatre of Telepresence 233

IV Artificial Intelligence 259

Thinking Images: A Conversation with Paul Kaiser & Marc Downie 261

V Biotechnologies 287

Performance & Science 289

Conclusion: Bio-art & Interactors 322

Index 331