Lunch | Davor Vincze "Interdisciplinary Performance in Immersive & Interactive Environments"

Davor Vincze | Guest Artist | Hong Kong Baptist University  "Interdisciplinary Performance in Immersive & Interactive Environments"  In this lecture, Vincze explores how contemporary artistic practices move beyond single disciplines to create experiences that are immersive, interactive, and integrative. Drawing on theoretical frameworks by Janet Murray (immersion and the fourth wall), Ronald Rowe (interactive systems), and Julie Thompson Klein (interdisciplinarity), he examines how these concepts operate in practice through three recent projects: Freedom Collective, an immersive and smartphone-interactive music theatre work; manτεία, a multisensory, AI-driven guided exhibition where artworks interact with one another; and On the Other Earth, a large-scale stereoscopic choreographic installation that redefines the boundaries between dance, cinema, sound, and architecture. Together, these case studies show how composers and artists can design environments that balance structure and emergence, agency and framing, inviting audiences not only to observe but to inhabit and co-shape contemporary artworks.  Davor Vincze is a Croatian composer, sound artist, and curator whose work explores the intersections of music, technology, and interdisciplinary performance. His compositions span immersive opera, interactive installation, AI-generated media, and electroacoustic chamber music. He has collaborated with leading ensembles such as Ensemble Modern and JACK Quartet, and his works have been featured at festivals IRCAM and Music Biennale Zagreb, where he currently serves as Artistic Director. A recipient of the 2025 Giga-Hertz Production Award from ZKM Karlsruhe, Vincze is also a postdoctoral researcher at Hong Kong Baptist University, focusing on audience interactivity and the role of machine learning in composition. He studied at Stanford University, IRCAM, and the music universities in Stuttgart and Graz. His artistic language reflects a keen interest in glitch, hybridity, and meta-reality, and collective experience. 00:00 Introduction of series by Dietrich Stout, Director CMBC  01:47 Introduction of Vincze by Laura Emmery, Associate Professor of Music Theory  04:35 Davor Vincze presentation  39:15 Q&A   If you would like to become an AFFILIATE of the Center, please let us know.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get updates on our latest videos.Follow along with us on Instagram |  Facebook NOTE:  The views and opinions expressed by the speaker do not necessarily reflect those held by the Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture or Emory University.