DAMPF_LAB (Dance and Media Performance Fusions)

DAMPF_lab is a collaborative project fostering new and distinctive art works that integrate interactive media technologies with the performing arts while seeking insight into questions such as: how do emerging software practices impact performance; what is the experience of the performer on an interactive stage; how are the relations between maker, performer and audience still shifting; and what are the aesthetic/ social consequences?

DAMPF_lab has been made possible by a grant from the European Union's Culture 2000 programme for annual projects in support of a partnership involving tanz performance köln, the Ars Electronica Futurelab (Linz), V2_Lab (Rotterdam) and the Animax Multimedia Theater (Bonn). From September 2003 to September 2004, this partnership will work together on the following complementary strands:

research labs aiming to generate shareable outcomes by drawing questions from and in turn supporting the creative work of the co-productions; stimulating other new artistic work; innovating technology solutions together; and devising unique dramaturgical and user testing approaches to the artistic process. In addition, the labs will gather documentation to contribute to theoretical and educational approaches to this area of work.

co-productions aiming to nurture and help realise two specific art works: composer/director Klaus Obermaier working with the Ars Electronica Futurelab to develop interactive media technologies for use in a new performance for the stage; and choreographer Angelika Oei working with the V2_Lab on the creation of a large scale performance/ interactive media installation work.