The Global Performance + Sound Lab [GPS*] is an inter-institutional collaboration that is a growing network and resource that can help to manifest new work, performances, research, scholarship, pedagogies, connections, and knowledge and practice sharing among those in these constantly developing interdisciplinary fields.
GPS* 2026
HUMAN + COMPUTER RELATIONS
Newark + Upstate NY
GPS* advances interdisciplinary collaboration across art, computer design, music and sound studies, embodied performance, curatorial studies, global urban studies, American studies, history, and eco-art/environmental humanities. Within the theme of human–computer relations, areas of inquiry include mapping, immersive and interactive technologies, cybernetics, and AI, approached through critically engaged, theory- and practice-based research.
The Newark portion will convene Rutgers faculty and graduate students alongside international collaborators for a working session focused on future planning. This will be followed by a series of site-based engagements in Upstate New York, including studio time/work and practice-based sessions exploring human–computer relations alongside embodied, affective, and cultural histories, ritual, healing, and artistic practice. The convening is oriented toward developing practice-based research methods, curricula, and collaborative frameworks.
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