Movement, Digital Intelligence and Interactive Audience
A Creative Europe project MODINA (Movement, Digital Intelligence and Interactive Audience) coordinated by Tallinn University, School of Digital Technologies started in April. MODINA aims to expand the creative possibilities for contemporary dance performances, and augment the experience for the audience, using digital technology – with an emphasis on exploring artificial intelligence (AI) and audience interaction, on-site and online.
The MODINA project partners are 3 academic institutions and 5 dance centers: Tallinn University (Estonia), Coordinator, Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava (Estonia), Hochschule Düsseldorf (Germany), tanzhaus nrw (Germany) ITI, IST-ID University of Lisbon (Portugal), Kino Siska (Slovenia), Trafo (Hungary), CNDB (Romania). The dance centers are the main interface with the artistic community and audiences while universities provide technical and theoretical knowledge and solutions. The 3-year project (2023-2026) is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, with 1 million Euros (70% of the total project budget).
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The project coordinator, Associate Professor in Digital Transformation Nuno Correia, mentions that MODINA’s outcomes will be new dance pieces; performances, workshops and seminars; new software tools for contemporary dance performances; new theories and best practices for dance and technology; increased experience, knowledge and opportunities for artists; enhancing and expanding the audience for dance.These outcomes can also benefit other fields related to movement, beyond dance.
Image from previous project Moving Digits. Photo: Stephan Jürgens.
“MODINA has two interconnected approaches, targeting dance artists, creative technologists and audiences. The first approach is to build capacity for dance artists and creative technologists, regarding new digital and AI-based approaches in dance – for preparing, performing, distributing and re-purposing dance works (including online) – through collaboration between artists, technologists and our team. The second approach is to allow audiences to engage with performances in an augmented way: enhancing the stage context with technology; using audience interaction strategies; through online channels; or a combination of these”, - mentions Nuno.
A call for the first five 2-month MODINA residencies opened today and will last until 24.05.2023. Interested applicants can subscribe to online channels linked from the website to receive news, about the call and about the project in general.