Performersion International 2021 - Day 2

We are very pleased to warmly invite you to the 2021 edition of Performersion International.

This year’s edition of Performersion is dedicated to the topic of Digital Spaces for Assembly, Exchange and Performance and will take place online from February 3 to 5, 2021.

Day 1 (February 3)

Day 3 (February 5)

Aside from video conference platforms, other digital options are increasingly being used to bring people together and conduct performative experiments. During the 2021 edition of Performersion International, well-versed experts will introduce a variety of different platforms and software over the course of example-oriented presentations. They will explain the usage potentials for performative purposes in detail and provide insight into possible developments.

The applicability for performance and assembly will also be determined by the respective control structures: who decides who can speak or listen? Who can send content themselves? How can the spaces be changed? How undisciplined can interaction between the participants be?

In addition, further aspects will be taken into consideration that are relevant for professional users working in the performing arts:

• Data privacy for the providers and users
• The accessibility and operability for providers and users
• A cost project for sample applications
• The ecological and social sustainability

Alongside applications that can be used well on a computer or smartphone, platforms will also be introduced whose aesthetics and performance mechanisms require a VR headset to explore. In order to bring all of these practitioners together, we are offering, together with digital.DTHG, the contact-free use of a current VR headset model in Ballhaus Ost.

Each day of the conference will take place on the secure and ecologically sustainable video conferencing platform Ecosero and each day will use a different link. The lectures and talks will be held in German, questions are welcome in English as well. From Ecosero, depending on the individual presentation, other digital rooms can be visited and/or links to digital rooms will be shared which can then be visited. Some of these rooms are only accessible for a limited number of participants.

Online Program

9:00 am to 10:00 am
Space Introduction 2: Mozilla Hubs – Digital Spaces as an Opportunity for Communal Cultural Institutions
With Tina Balla (Office for Art and Culture, Pankow), Gloria Schulz (Blutende Freischwimmer:innen), Julian Kamphausen (Performing Arts Program)
The Office for Art and Culture in Pankow is blazing new trails: with Prater Digital, to provide one example, a cultural location rich in tradition located in the district has now been decisively reopened as a digital space. In addition, numerous digital projects are currently being developed in the field of cultural education.

10:00 am to 11:00 am
Space Introduction 3: Veni, vidi, virtuali – On Immersive Tools for Creation and Virtual Mock-Up Set Rehearsal
With Franziska Ritter (digital.DTHG), Pablo Dornhege (digital.DTHG)
The projects of digital.DTHG have continually proven to be a gold standard for digital applications for stage technology in the field of the performing arts. The extension from technology and architecture into artistic applications has also set standards and is quickly changing the ways in which stage designers, technical personnel and theater makers in general are thinking about development and production. Numerous digital applications and spaces will be presented and opened for the participants.

Physical Programming On-Site

On February 3, 4 and 5, digital spaces can be visited using a current VR headset between 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm. Some of the spaces presented only reveal their performative potential when a VR headset is used, others are simply enhanced by a headset. One person at a time can explore digital spaces for fifty minutes with contactless instructions on the 4th floor of Ballhaus Ost, Pappelallee 15. The headsets are disinfected after each use and the physical spaces are aired out.
We ask that you please register in a timely manner if you would like to participate and tell us what time and day you would like to attend (3:00, 4:00, 5:00 or 6:00 pm) by sending an email to performersion [at] pap-berlin.de.

Performersion International 2021 takes place in cooperation with re:publica and digital.DTHG.