Daniel Fine
Theatre Arts | Dance | Public Digital Arts
Tenure Dossier
Conference Presentations
Curator
Seven Part Virtual Performance Series
USITT Conference and Stage Expo
March 2021
I was invited to curate a series of panels on Socially Distanced Live and Virtual/Remote Performance for the March 2021 virtual conference. I put together all of the panel topics, invited session chairs and panelists, including many prominent and upcoming leaders in the field, including David Zucker Saltz, Sarah Bay-Cheng, Tei Blow, Katherine Freer, Brittany Bland, Hana Sooyeon Kim, Marla Schweppe, Kiira Benzing, Sadah Espii Proctor, Katie Pearl, and Clem Harrod.
Panel Chair
Virtual Performance Series: History, Theory and Current Practice Roundtable
USITT Conference and Stage Expo
March 2021
While the Covid-19 worldwide pandemic has thrust theatre makers into creating for virtual platforms, artists and creative technologists have been creating in virtual spaces using various forms of telepresence and co-presence for decades. This round table of historians, theorists and theatre makers offers a foundation on the history, theory, and current practices in remote and virtual performances.
Presenter
Virtual Performance Series: 3D Environments: Motion Capture and Avatars
USITT Conference and Stage Expo
March 2021
"This panel explores approaches in Extended Reality (Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality) that incorporates motion capture, avatars, and live 3D representations of performers in virtual worlds." I presented research on my Live Performance in Shared Virtual worlds projects. Note: While I was the curator of this series, this panel's chair asked me to present on the panel.
Presenter
Virtual Performance Series: Site-Specific Workflows
USITT Conference and Stage Expo
March 2021
"This panel presents in-depth case studies on pandemic era, site-specific performances and how they use technology to safely connect performers and in-audiences." I presented my creative project Impermanance. Note: While I was the curator of this series, this panel's chair asked me to present on the panel.
Solo Speaker
Immersive & Mixed Reality Scenography in Designing Virtual Spaces
Infocomm: The Largest Professional Audiovisual Trade Show in North America
June 18, 2020
Canceled due to Covid-19
Present research on ongoing research project Virtual Reality and Live Performance.
Presenter
Immersive & Mixed Reality Scenography in Designing Virtual Spaces
USITT Conference and Stage Expo
April 4, 2020
Canceled due to Covid-19.
Present research on ongoing research project Virtual Reality and Live Performance. This session was to cover the emerging art design forms of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality scenography and immersive design.
Panel Chair
From Start to Finish: An-depth Look Inside a Digital Media Design Using Real-Time Content and Systems.
USITT
April 3, 2020
Canceled due to Pandemic
Arrange for award-winning designer Pablo N. Marino, Principal Designer and Interactive Producer at MODE Studios and a founding member of the interdisciplinary performance lab Early Morning Opera (EMO), to share an in-depth case study of a live-performance design that uses creative coding, real-time rendering, live digital video processing, interactive content, and projection/pixel mapping.
Presenter
Media Clown
LDI Conference and Tradeshow
November, 2020
Canceled due to Pandemic
Present research on ongoing research project Media Clown.
Sole Presenter
VR and Live Performance
LDI Conference and Tradeshow
November, 2019
“Media and projection designer Daniel Fine presents a 30-minute talk on his groundbreaking work at The University of Iowa in VR and live performance: Elevator #7, a theatre experience that blurs the lines between reality and virtual reality.”
Co-Chair/Presenter
Media Clown: The Analog Clown Enters Digital Space
The Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, UI
October 14, 2019
“Paul Kalina (Theatre Arts, CLAS) and Daniel Fine (Digital Arts Cluster) share their project ‘Media Clown,’ which premiered in June at the Prague Quadrennial.”
(Declined) Presenter
Media Clown
Movement and Computing Conference
October 2019
Declined poster presentation about research project Media Clown.
Presenter
Advancing Education for a Changing Technical Landscape
PQ Talks
Prague Quadrennial
June 11, 2019
“Production practice has seen a renaissance of developments in recent years with technology driving more complex creative design possibilities. The panel will discuss the challenges and future trends for training in this field and its impact on employability, creative practice and production.”
Presenter
PQ Talks
Prague Quadrennial
June 9, 2019
Present research in VR and live performance: Elevator #7, a theatre experience that blurs the lines between reality and virtual reality.
Panel Chair/Sole Presenter
Digital Media Design: From Artistic Inspiration to Final Design
USITT Conference and Stage Expo
March 22, 2019
“Daniel Fine, digital media/projection designer, shares his thoughts and examples on the art, dramaturgy, and execution of content creation, from artistic inspiration to how-to, including software and hardware choices, rendering techniques, planning for playback in media servers, and real-time effects. Examples from recent projects include: Kansas No More, Live Geometry, Belladona, and Conrad Tao’s An Adjustment for Piano, Orchestra, and Electronics.
Presenter
Teaching Digital Media Design
USITT Conference and Stage Expo
March 22, 2019
“Aimed at educators who are beginning to teach digital media and/or projection design, this session will address technology and content creation for classroom projects. Learn what it takes to build these types of courses and how to integrate them into your academic productions. Presented by the Education Commission.”
Presenter
Next Convergence: New Media Technologies in Live Entertainment
LDI Conference and Tradeshow
November, 2019
“The recent flourishing of new consumer and professional technologies in immersive media, machine vision, and gaming has led to new and significant opportunities for entertainment design and live events. This panel will explore existing projects and potential applications of these technologies and practices to live design.”
Panel Chair/Sole Presenter
LDI Conference and Tradeshow
October 29, 2018
“Daniel Fine, digital media/projection designer, shares his thoughts and examples on the art, dramaturgy, and execution of content creation, from artistic inspiration to how-to, including software and hardware choices, rendering techniques, planning for playback in media servers, and real-time effects. Examples from recent projects include: Kansas No More, Live Geometry, Belladona, and Conrad Tao’s An Adjustment for Piano, Orchestra, and Electronics.”
Panel Chair/Moderator
Visual Storytelling with Projections & New Media
USITT Conference and Stage Expo
March 15, 2018
How do we use projection, emissive displays, and new technologies to visually communicate story within a theatrical production? How do designers capitalize on the language of fine art, cinema, animation, memes, graphic novels, gaming, etc. to create rich visual worlds for the stage? Award-winning, professional projection and digital media designers share their work and creation process in this round table discussion that focuses on how to:
• Create dynamic visuals that are dramaturgically relevant to the story.
• Collaborate with the theatrical team to meaningfully integrate video into theatre.
• Panelists include:
• Tara Knight, Regional Projection and New Media Designer & Professor
• Elaine McCarthy, Broadway/Touring Projection Designer
• Jared Mezzochi, Obie Winning Projection Designer and Professor
Presenter
Interactive Media & Responsive Design
USITT Conference and Stage Expo
March 16, 2017
A hands-on demonstration of interactive media solutions and design concepts. Robust interactive design examples will be demonstrated and discussed from the perspective of professional and academic theatre practices. Design, technology, and dramaturgy will be addressed.
Presenter
Content Creation and Control: Working with Projections
USITT Conference and Stage Expo
March 09, 2017
Presenter
Video as Lighting Part 1: Performance and Entertainment
Video as Lighting Part 2: Architecture and Permanent Installations
LDInnovation Conference
Live Design International Conference and Tradeshow
October 2016
Presenter
Wonder Dome on the Innovations in Storytelling Panel
Immersive Media Entertainment, Research, Science and Arts Summit
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
March 19, 2016
Presenter, Panel Moderator
Beneath: A journey within
Immersive Media Entertainment, Research, Science and Arts Summit
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
March 17, 2016
Co-Presenter
Fusing the Arts and Sciences at Emerge 2015
Stage the Future: The Annual Conference on Science Fiction Theatre
Arizona State University
March 7, 2015
Co-Presenter
Edge Habitats: Platforms for Exchange Between the Arts and Sciences
Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities
A2RU National Conference
Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa
November 5 - 8, 2014
Co-Presenter
Digital Dreams and Multimedia Mirages (in the Desert)
Association for Theatre in Higher Education
Scottsdale, Arizona
August 2014
Presenter
SparrowSong: Constructing Narrative through Immersive Performance Environments
The Theatre & Performance Research Association
Glasgow, Scotland
2013
Presenter
Better Practices for Creating Live Performance with Media
Association for Theatre in Higher Education
Orlando, Florida, United States
August 2013
Co-Presenter with award-winning author Carolivia Herron
EpiCenter Stories
Emerge2013: The Future of Truth
Arizona State University
2013
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