19:00-20:00 CEST | 18:00-19:00 GMT | 13:00-14:00 EST/EDT | 04:00-05:00 AEDT

The digital dimension is not alien to the performing arts – it has been developing and flourishing for decades. However, when the pandemic challenged the live component of our art form, the performing arts sector has been pushed to embrace digitalisation at an even more rapid pace.

For some, it has been an opportunity to renew their artistic form, reach out to new audiences, and enhance accessibility. For others, digitalisation has been merely a part of their survival strategy, a temporary solution going at odds with their aesthetics and artistic values. Is it not a high time to acknowledge and to get to grips with this difference, if not a clash, of perspectives and approaches?

This session has been a moment to reflect upon some of the opportunities and contradictions that came to light in regard to the digitalisation of the performing arts.

Speaker
John Ashford, Aerowaves, United Kingdom
Cinty Ionescu, Artist, Romania
Karen Toftegaard, WILDTOPIA, Denmark

Moderator
Elena Polivtseva, IETM, Belgium

This online session took place on 21 October as part of our IETM Lyon Plenary Meeting 2021.

How to join the session?

IETM Lyon 2021 online programme

The IETM Lyon 2021 online programme also includes the following sessions:

Thursday 21 October

16:00-17:00 CEST | Opening Keynote: Trans-mission(s) [Livestream]
18:00-18:45 CEST | "Who's there?" with the West of the globe [Networking]
19:00-20:00 CEST | Live vs Digital: The new old debate [Live conversation]

Friday 22 October

08:00-08:45 CEST | "Who's there?" with the East of the globe [Networking]
09:00-10:00 CEST | Translocality in the arts [Live conversation]

Thursday 28 October

12:00-13:30 CEST | Talks & Listens [Networking]

You can also check the full online programme of the IETM Lyon Plenary Meeting on this page.