When:
Friday, October 3, 2025
All day
Where: Abbott Hall, Abbott Hall, 710 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Cost: Free registration required.
Contact:
Pete Brace
Group: Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing and Media Arts Abbott Hall
Category: Fine Arts
Description:
Co-curated by Tanya Palmer and Seth Bockley
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.
When:
Saturday, October 4, 2025
All day
Where: Abbott Hall, Abbott Hall, 710 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Cost: Free registration required.
Contact:
Pete Brace
Group: Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing and Media Arts Abbott Hall
Category: Fine Arts
Description:
Co-curated by Tanya Palmer and Seth Bockley
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.