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I am honored to be able to aggregate and present the video documentation of he 1st. International Conference on “Multimodal Communication: Language, Performance and Digital Media” that was organized in the framework of TKB – A Transmedia Knowledge-Base For Performing Arts research project conclusion (http://tkb.fcsh.unl.pt)

It was  aimed to: present the results and software tools developed during the TKB project; provide a multidisciplinary forum for researchers from different disciplines and artists interested in the documentation of Performing Arts (with a focus on contemporary theatrical dance and Performance), as well as in issues of multimodality in human communication and in human-computer interaction, particularly regarding video annotation tools and collaborative platforms for cultural heritage.

The event wished to bring together contemporary artists and researchers from a broad range of academic disciplines, working within different theoretical and methodological paradigms in a creative, internationally oriented, and stimulating atmosphere. The importance of multimodal communication and creativity is now generally recognised by researchers from either the Humanities, Information Technologies or Cognitive Science. This conference has therefore offered an opportunity to present and learn about research findings concerning human behaviour and agency in different types of communication and their cognitive, cultural, narrative, technological, social, textual or discourse functions.

It was organized by the FCSH and the FCT of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, and has taken place at the CCB, Lisbon, from the 2nd to the 3rd May 2013.

Keynote speakers:
Sally Jane Norman (Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts, Sussex: UK)
Charles Forceville (Universiteit van Amsterdam, NL)
Irene Mittelberg, Aachen University

Organization: FCSH/CLUNL (www.fcsh.unl.pt) and FCT-UNL: Interactive Multimedia Group (www.fct.unl.pt)

TKB Project Supporters:

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
O Espaço do Tempo (Transdisciplinary Arts Centre)
Centro Cultural de Belém
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Atelier Re.Al, Lisbon
Rumo do Fumo, Lisbon

InShadow Festival welcomes works in the genres videodance, documentary, performance (solos) and

installation, running for a total of 9 awards attributed by 6 juries. 5th InShadow - International

Festival of Video, Performance and Technologies runs from 29th November to 7th December

2013 at São Luiz Teatro Municipal and other theatres, museums, galleries and other venues in Lisbon.

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A little token - last edition's spot here.

Dias 25, 26 e 27 de Fevereiro de 2011, no c.e.m. – centro em movimento, decorre o workshop ´performance ecology` facilitado pelo artista/ académico Raphael-Jay Ajaykumar. O workshop propõe introduzir e experienciar noções de ´ser-relacional` e ´ecologia profunda` na prática da performance. É parte integrante do projecto de investigação 8 technology, que reúne idéias particulares de ciência, tecnologia digital, filosofia (oriental e ocidental), arquitectura e arte. Destina-se a performers, actores, dança, artistas plásticos e visuais, praticantes de artes orientais, arquitectos, activistas, investigadores, filósofos, e qualquer pessoa interessada nas idéias do 8 technology, com ou sem experiência.
O workshop é promovido pelo CIAC – Centro de Investigação em Artes e Comunicação, em parceria com o Goldsmiths College, University of London/ 8technology reasearch project e o c.e.m. – centro em movimento. + info: www.ciac.pt/site.pdf

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On the 25th, 26th and 27th February, the c.e.m. – Centro em Movimento (Centre in Movement), in Lisbon, hosts the workshop “performance ecology” facilitated by the artist / scholar Raphael-Jay Ajaykumar. The workshop seeks to introduce and experiment notions of “relational being” and “deep ecology” in performance practice. This workshop is part of the “8 technology” research project, which discusses ideas on science, digital technology, philosophy (Eastern and Western), architecture and art. It is aimed to performers, actors, dancers, fine arts artists, oriental arts practitioners, architects, activists, researchers, philosophers and anyone interested in the 8 technology ideas, with or without experience.
The workshop is promoted by CIAC – Research Centre in Arts and Communication in a partnership with the Goldsmiths College, University of London / 8 technology Research Project and C.E.M. – Centro em Movimento. + info: www.c-e-m.org/?page_id=1008