Finding New Forms: Technology and Live Performance
Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for Performing and Media Arts Chicago Campus
710 N. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for Performing and Media Arts Chicago Campus
710 N. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Class/Camp, New Work, Performance Art
Runs Oct 03Oct 04, 2025

Bringing together cutting-edge thinkers and makers of live theatrical performance with their counterparts in the world of immersive and interactive digital art, this Finding New Forms weekend of events is inspired by the interplay between new technology (VR / AR / XR / installation / ‘immersion’) and contemporary performance practices. These weekend events aim to begin conversations about how to shake up, challenge and cross-pollinate the fields of art and performance.

Featured guests include Robin McNicholas from the London-based experiential arts collective Marshmallow Laser Feast; theatre director Annie Dorsen, who is working at the intersection of algorithmic art and live performances amongst others.

Co-curated by Tanya Palmer and Seth Bockley