1. Digital Representations of Performing Arts AHDS Performing Arts & HATII, University of Glasgow http://www.ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/ http://www.hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk/ eScience Institute http://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/

2. Overview and Objectives A theoretical framework for examining digital representations of performance Current state of digital representations for performance in the UK HE community. Understanding the challenges of representation

3. “A work of art born on the stage lives only for a moment, and no matter how beautiful it may be it cannot be commanded to stay with us.” (Stanislavski, My Life in Art, 1948) Performance is ephemeral. It is studied through representations, or evidence.

4. Stages of performance Pre-text (  subtext) Process Performance Text Post-text Context (  subtext)

5. From: Five Centuries of Scottish Music (http://www.ahds.ac.uk/performingart s/collections/five-centuries.htm)http://www.ahds.ac.uk/performingart s/collections/five-centuries.htm

6. From: Stagework (http://www.stagework.org)http://www.stagework.org

7. From: Designing Shakespeare (http://www.ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/designing-shakespeare.htm)http://www.ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/designing-shakespeare.htm

8. Two reviews from the Times Digital Archive (accessed through http://infotrac.galegroup.com) and Financial Times http://www.ft.com http://infotrac.galegroup.comhttp://www.ft.com

10. A framework for digital representations of performances Performance as ‘text’ Subjectivity and agency Performance as product of society Pre-text Process Performance text Post-text Context

11. Examples of digital representations Performance as ‘text’ Subjectivity and agency Performance as product of society Pre-textPDF of musical score Miller’s preface to The Crucible Comparison of dance notations across time/cultures Process3D models showing ideas for set designs Scanned image of a director’s notes on the script Scanned newspaper clippings which led to a devised work Performance text Digital video of a performance Interviews with audience members Motion capture data which was used to transmit a dancer’s movements over a network Post-textScholarly analysis of the mise-en- scène of a play ‘Word of mouth’ publicity Newspaper review of a concert ContextPDF of a glossy programme from a West End musical Statistics on whether ‘A-list’ stars increase box-office take Text detailing the compulsory dress code for orchestra musicians

12. Existing digital resource provision in the UK Performance as ‘text’ Subjectivity and agency Performance as product of society Pre-text Process Performance text Post-text Context Some resources Most resources (see AHDS Performing Arts Scoping Study: http://www.ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/pubs/scoping-study-2006.pdf ) http://www.ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/pubs/scoping-study-2006.pdf

13. Desired digital resources Performance as ‘text’ Subjectivity and agency Performance as product of society Pre-text Process Performance text Post-text Context Most sought- after types of digital resource

14. The characteristics of digital collections affect the methodology of study of those collections. Many existing digital resources provide contextual evidence and are suitable only for a material or historical theoretical model of study. Digital resources for which there is a particularly high demand: Evidence of the performance text Materials documenting the creative process Resources which encourage a semiotic/textual or subjective analysis of the evidence. Overview

15. As if it wasn’t complicated enough… http://slfront.blogspot.com/

16. Digitally representing you…