Thursday 17th October, 11am – 5pm @ Birmingham Black Box
What sort of atmospheres and sensations do possession and automation generate? Can we feel possessed or automated (haunted, taken over, entranced, enchanted) on the dancefloor, over the airwaves? How does it feel when we’re on our own, and how does it feel when we’re possessed or automated with other people? Can it be simply something that happens as we sing, speak or even just breathe? A rhythm of the body that’s not quite the same as the movement of the algorithm.
Join us for a one-day event in partnership with fierce festival with over 10 artists and academics exploring ideas of possession and automation and how they make us feel.
Collaborations Fund of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL)
The Centre for Public Engagement, QMUL
Strategic Research Initiative, School of English and Drama, QMUL
In collaboration with
performingborders
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