Steve Dixon – Keynote Speaker
Saturday 1st November – Multi-Identities
Steve Dixon is Professor of Performance and Technology at Brunel University in London, where he is also Pro-Vice Chancellor (Development).
His creative practice includes international multimedia theatre tours as director of The Chameleons Group (since 1994), two award winning CD-ROMs, interactive Internet performances, and telematic arts events. He has published extensively on subjects including digital arts, performance studies, film theory, robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and pedagogy.
He is co-director of The Digital Performance Archive and Associate Editor of The International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media. His 800 page book Digital Performance: A History of New Media in Theater, Dance, Performance Art and Installation (2007, MIT Press) has won two international awards including the Award for Excellence in Music and Performing Arts 2007 (Association of American Publishers, Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division).