Project XO wearable robotics workshop

This event is for CSM Students only.

Please note: due to limited places this workshop is open to applications - you will be asked questions when you click 'Register'.

Your application will be reviewed by the DIS team, and we will email you with a response. We aim to notify you of our decision as promptly as possible.

At the time when much of technology disconnects us from our bodies, can we create tools that connect us at a deeper, sensorial level, creating greater awareness of ourselves and each other?

Project XO is a cutting-edge dance performance installation devised by New Movement Collective (NMC) with collaborators Kai Lab, Simon Haenggi and Fenyce Workspace. This unique encounter invites members of the public to wear a robotic exoskeleton which moves their body in a precise choreography. Exploring themes of power, agency and empathy, the robotic suit both subdues and empowers the wearer in the interaction between the participant, dancer and the technology.

The workshop led by New Movement Collective will be an introduction to the concept and technology used in Project XO in CSM’s lab spaces. NMC will facilitate the space for participants to explore the creative potential of the robotics suit, and a discussion around the use of wearable technology today.

Wednesday 18 May 2022:

• 2-3pm

• 3.15-4.15pm

• 4.30-5.30pm

• 5.45-6.45pm

Location: Central Saint Martins White Lab

Max 20 students per hour session - successful applicants will be provided with an hour slot.

No prerequisites

New Movement Collective (NMC) is a group of ten highly accomplished dance artists collectively redefining the boundaries of choreography and performance through ambitious, cross-disciplinary practice. Founded in 2009 in London, NMC has worked across the UK and Europe creating four full-length productions to date: Casting Traces (2012), NEST (2013), Please Be Seated (2014) and Collapse (2016) as well as numerous installations, live digital performances (Project XO Remote in 2021), films and events. Our production and research commissioners include Southbank Centre, Barbican, South East Dance, Stone Nest, Rambert, Jerwood Choreographic Research Project and Sadler's Wells.