Part of Trafó’s transdisciplinary focus Artificial Realities / Daily programme / Full focus programme

Workshops and presentations as part of the Artificial Realities Free School / MODINA seminar 

10:00 - Taavet Jansen (EE): Thoughts on Directing performances in Hybrid Spaces - workshop - Club
12:00-13:00 - Introduction to the MODINA Creative Europe project - Foyer / Live stream
14:00 - Naoto Hieda (JP): card.glitches.me - workshop - Studio

On Monday 3 November the MODINA programs continue with collective learning and knowledge sharing.
MODINA (Movement, Digital Intelligence and Interactive Audience) pairs creative technologists and choreographers together to work on projects with a focus on developing and integrating technology in dance practice, particularly computational creativity and audience interaction, with an emphasis on exploring artificial intelligence (AI). On this day we delve further into connections and exciting interactions between movement and technology, and learn more about the project itself. 

Monday morning kicks off with a workshop by Taavet Jansen (EE), one of the creators of Still Moving, a mixed reality (MR) work presented by Trafó on 2 November. We continue with a presentation of the MODINA Creative Europe project by Naoto Hieda (JP), a researcher in digital technologies at Tallinn University (one of the MODINA partners), who will provide an insider’s view as an artist as well as a manager of the project. After lunch, participants will have the opportunity to try out Naoto's creative method based on cards they make themselves in the workshop.
The workshops and presentation are in English. Registration is required.

Taavet Jansen is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher whose work integrates movement, digital technologies, and interactive performance. His practice is focused on the dissolution of boundaries between human presence and digital environments. Jansen has presented his performances and installations in a variety of settings, including theaters, galleries, and virtual spaces. These presentations have engaged diverse audiences through the use of interactive and participatory frameworks. He has held several academic roles, including serving as the head of the Performing Arts Department at the University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy.

Taavet shares his experience and creative practice in the form of a workshop that consists of two parts: one is a practical hands-on session, where the technical setup of Still Moving takes center stage and participants will have the opportunity to create an MR text-space themselves; the other part is a presentation on the practice of Taavet an Liis Vares creating performative hybrid spaces, addressing the questions and possibilities that have emerged in the process.

Naoto Hieda is a researcher and artist from Japan based in Estonia, enrolled in the PhD programme at the School of Digital Technologies Tallinn University. With a background in engineering (Tokyo Institute of Technology, McGill University, Canada), Naoto completed Diplom II (master's equivalent) with distinction from the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, Germany and works internationally for theater productions and in the visual arts. In their artistic work, they question the productive qualities of coding and speculate on new forms, post-coding through neuroqueerness, decolonization and live coding. As a researcher, they fill the gap between dancers and technologists by proposing new tools and methodologies for collaboration. In 2022 they started making their own cards as a way to collect memories, to document places, and to keep a personal diary. Over time, this evolved into a performative practice to create scenes and characters. In this workshop, they invite participants to explore the card making process together.

www.modina.eu
https://naotohieda.com/
https://www.artun.ee/en/taavet-jansen-and-liis-vares-presented-their-new-mixed-reality-production-at-the-impact-festival-in-belgium/