6 papers
Devising Interactive Spaces: A Rehearsal-Oriented Tool for Creating Responsive Environments for Immersive Theatre
Pavlos Panagiotidis, Paul Tennent, Jocelyn Spence +1
We present a rehearsal-oriented system for creating responsive built environments during theatre devising workshops. The system connects bespoke sensing modules for gesture, positi…
Creating a Mixed-Reality Installation with Families through Theatrical Co-Design
Pavlos Panagiotidis, Roma Patel, Boriana Koleva +5
Co-designing with families for environmental sustainability relies on participatory imagination, yet habitual family roles and uneven participation, especially between adults and y…
Directing Space: Rehearsing Architecture as Performer with Explainable AI
Pavlos Panagiotidis, Jocelyn Spence, Nils Jaeger +1
As AI systems increasingly become embedded in interactive and im-mersive artistic environments, artists and technologists are discovering new opportunities to engage with their int…
Somatic Safety: An Embodied Approach Towards Safe Human-Robot Interaction
Steve Benford, Eike Schneiders, Juan Pablo Martinez Avila +9
As robots enter the messy human world so the vital matter of safety takes on a fresh complexion with physical contact becoming inevitable and even desirable. We report on an artist…
Tangles: Unpacking Extended Collision Experiences with Soma Trajectories
Steve Benford, Rachael Garrett, Christine Li +10
We reappraise the idea of colliding with robots, moving from a position that tries to avoid or mitigate collisions to one that considers them an important facet of human interactio…
How Artists Improvise and Provoke Robotics
Steve Benford, Rachael Garrett, Eike Schneiders +5
We explore transdisciplinary collaborations between artists and roboticists across a portfolio of artworks. Brendan Walker's Broncomatic was a breath controlled mechanical rodeo bu…