Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development
This study from The Rockefeller Foundation and the Global Business Network looks at different scenarios for the future of technology and development and how it could challenge and change the world.
Watershed Innovation & Research
Based in the UK, Watershed has explored numerous projects looking at the potential of culture and technology all of which have been documented on their website.
Audiences Thirst for ‘Digital Theatre’
Recent UK research from the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, looks at the audience’s response to seeing a live broadcast of a theater production.
UC Berkeley Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium
An annual forum for presenting new ideas that challenge conventional wisdom about technology and culture. The site contains abstracts for all speakers since 1997.
In Media Res: Why Multimedia Performance
From the Performing Arts Journal, a transcript of a 2007 conversation with Alex Timbers, Brooke O’Harra, and Eric Dyer about why they use media in their artistic work.
V2_ Publishing
The publishing arm of the Rotterdam art and media technology center V2_ has a diverse catalogue of books about art, new media and media theory.
Society for Arts and Technology [Metalab]
Located in Montréal, the SAT[Metalab] is a research laboratory developing software and hardware that assists in the creation and diffusion of digital culture. Current projects include research on telepresence and immersion.
BEK: Bergen Center for Electronic Arts
Located in Norwary, this center for arts and new technology has international collaborations and artistic and scientific research available on their website.
ARS Electronica
Located in Germany, Ars Electronica has been exploring the digital and new media art since 1979. Their website contains an extensive archive of digital media art from their founding.
Contemporary Performance
An online resource for artists, scholars and audiences interested in the hybrid performance works and artists that travel between the fields of Experimental Theatre & Dance, Video Art, Visual Art, Music Composition and Performance art without adhering to one specific field’s practice.
Dance-Tech
A social networking website connecting people interested in innovation, creative processes, collaborations and the impact of new media technology and interdisciplinary approaches on the performance of movement and life.
TroikaTronix
Known for their award-winning real-time media manipulation software TroikaTronix has created other live performance tools to download for use by artists, video designers, scenographers and VJs.
ITP at Tisch
The Interactive Telecommunications Program at Tisch is a graduate program dedicated to creativity and critical thinking applied to new technologies.
MFA in New Media Art and Performance
This program, located at the Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University, gives students the opportunity to engage with new media and the arts. Coursework is focused on the development of new works for the stage, screen, gallery, public space and the web.
Performance & Interactive Media Arts
Brooklyn College offers both an MFA and an Advanced Certificate in Performance & Interactive Media Arts. Both cutting-edge programs explore collaborative, experimental, and transdisciplinary artistic production. Be sure to also join their online discussion group for information on interactivity, performance and digital media around the world!
MA in Media Studies at The New School
The New School offers an MA in media studies that has its students both creating and studying media. Their diverse program offers many areas of study allowing their students to pick an interdisciplinary program that suits them.