Grupo de pesquisa Corpos Informáticos | Brasil |
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Telepresence Research Group Corpos Informáticos The research group Corpos Informáticos was created at the University of Brasília (Brazil) by researchers, professors and students from the Visual Arts and the Scenic Arts Courses in 1992[i].
Telepresence discuss the possibility of poetic interaction in telematic environment (performance), the possibility of the absent body to participate in effective aesthetic experience, using the internet as space of realization and the public (on line and live audience) as co authors of the work. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [i] Nowadays, the group is constituted by the following researchers in Art: Alexandre Cerqueira, Bia Medeiros (coordinator), Carla Maria Alves da Rocha, Cyntia Carla, Francisco Rah, Maicyra Leão, Marta Mencarini, Pablo Braz, Renata Barreto.
The Research Group Corpos Informáticos explores Contemporary Art and New Technologies. The guideline of its reflections has been that of human beings "redimensioned" by omnipresent technologies. Its practices involve interactive exhibitions, performances, video-performances, video-installations, video art, urban interventions, performances in telepresence, and via Internet. Its theoretical basis is to reach a broader analysis of the contemporary artistic languages concerning technology. Using the World Wide Web, popular softwares of videoconferencing and potentially integrated diverse medias present in our day by day lives, the group has been a pioneer in telepresence performance in Brazil. The group has been awarded with grants and fellowships from the National Council for Scientific Research – CNPq; University of Brasilia - UnB (1992-2002); and the Federal District Research Support Foundation - FAP-DF (1994 -1997); granted a variety of prizes, screenings at a worldwide range of festivals and participating in national and international shows and congresses - Electronic Language International Festival, Brazil; Medi@terra, Greece; “Mercosul” Biennial, Brazil; RePerCuTe, USA, Performative Sites, USA; Performance Studies International, Germany and USA.
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