Task 7a Part 7: My third interview and recent Skype Discussions

The task 7a of the Module 3 of the BA (Hons) in Professional Practice at the Middlesex University consists of carrying out my professional inquiry.

In this Part 7 of this task I will speak about my third interview and the latest skype discussions I had with my Adesola and my BAPP colleagues.

For my third interview, I choose the Director of the International Contemporary Dance Festival Trayectos in my Zaragoza (Spain). This time I have done it online, because I am not able to go out of Riga, because we are about to do the world premiere of the ballet Don Juan by Julio Arozarena and Valentina Turcu at the Latvian National Opera. Therefore, I prepared my questions and I sent it through email and a few weeks later, the director kindly responded me and answer them.

An example of my third Interview

 Answered Questions

Mainly the interview was related with the festival and concretely with the final performance of the recently created Dance and New Media Lab showing the results of its research, that I attended last June in my hometown.

In terms of the Skype Discussion, last week I attended a group session of all modules organised by Adesola, where we analysed different aspects of the course and the work we are all carrying out at the moment, and yesterday with the module 3 students Hannah and Eleanor we organised a chat to discuss and help each other in the process of this module, and how we are all handling it, so we can all head forwards to the end of it in about two months. Both of them were very enriching to answer some of my questions and help me develop further my inquiry.

Don´t forget to keep following the blog and my Google + Community for the updates about my research!

Gonzalo

Task 7a Part 6: Reviewing my last relevant piece of Literature

The task 7a of the Module 3 of the BA (Hons) in Professional Practice at the Middlesex University consists of carrying out my professional inquiry.

Cover of the book Digital Performance by Steve Dixon

In this Part 6 of this task I will speak about the last relevant piece of Literature that I have selected for my Professional Inquiry: Digital Performance: A History of New Media in Theater, Dance, Performance Art and Installation by Steve Dixon (Photo Above).

At the beginning of the term when I started to review all my literature selected from the previous Module. After a few weeks I observed that the book Digital Performance and his author Steve Dixon was cited in almost all of them. Therefore, I decided to buy it through Amazon, and I just received it.

One of the pages inside the book Digital Performance by Steve Dixon

Even though I haven´t started yet the review, I had time to make a first observation of its structure and figures (Photo above). It was fascinating to see how relevant it will be for my inquiry, helping me to define the shape of my Critical Review, in order to show my findings on the New Technologies that have been used in the 21^st Century Dance.

I really look forward for the next BAPP weeks to keep defining more and more my research and Don´t forget to keep following the blog and my Google + Community for the updates about it!

Gonzalo

Task 7a Part 5: Attending the RIXC Art Science Festival 2017

The task 7a of the Module 3 of the BA (Hons) in Professional Practice at the Middlesex University consists of carrying out my professional inquiry.

RIXC Art Science Festival Conference Abstracts & Accreditation

In this Part 5 of this task I will speak about the RIXC Art Science Festival 2017: VIRTUALITIES AND REALITIES, that I have been attending this weekend in Riga (Latvia).

Firstly, last Thursday on the opening day of the Conference, I registered myself so they could give me my accreditation as well as all the information about the festival, including the Conference Abstracts (Photo above) where you can read all the information about the works that are going to be presented.

RIXC Art Science Festival Conference Room at The Art Academy of Latvia

This event took place during three days at the Art Academy of Latvia (Photo above) and the National Art Museum from Thursday to Saturday where 80 presentations “about the complex implications of augmented and virtual reality. Immersive technologies coupled with virtual environments, artificial intelligence algorithms, faster processors, and biometrics are launching a new era in virtual experiences” (RIXC, 2017) where showcased in order to discuss and create artistic conversations around these topics, distributed through plenary and parallel sessions.

My notes taken at the RIXC Art Science Festival

In my case I managed to attend around a quarter of all of it due to I had to combine with my rehearsals and performances with the Latvian National Ballet. It was an inspiring and thoughtful weekend where I was able to take several pages of notes (Photo Above) that I will be using later for my Inquiry. Also, it helped me to understand the way of presenting a scientific work in order to apply for my Oral Presentation in January.

Don´t forget to keep following the blog and my Google + Community for the updates about my research!

Gonzalo