Performance-Led Research in the Wild

Authors:
Steve Benford;Chris Greenhalgh;Andy Crabtree;Martin Flintham;Brendan Walker;Joe Marshall;Boriana Koleva;Stefan Rennick Egglestone;Gabriella Giannachi;Matt Adams;Nick Tandavanitj;Ju Row Farr
Affiliations:
The University of Nottingham;The University of Nottingham;The University of Nottingham;The University of Nottingham;The University of Nottingham;The University of Nottingham;The University of Nottingham;The University of Nottingham;University of Exeter;Blast Theory;Blast Theory;Blast Theory
Venue:
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI) - Special Issue of “The Turn to The Wild”
Year:
2013

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Abstract

We explore the approach of performance-led research in the wild in which artists drive the creation of novel performances with the support of HCI researchers that are then deployed and studied at public performance in cultural settings such as galleries, festivals and on the city streets. We motivate the approach and then describe how it consists of three distinct activities -- practice, studies and theory -- that are interleaved in complex ways through nine different relationships. We present a historical account of how the approach has evolved over a fifteen-year period, charting the evolution of a complex web of projects, papers, and relationships between them. We articulate the challenges of pursuing each activity as well as overarching challenges of balancing artistic and research interests, flexible management of relationships, and finally ethics.