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AC/E digital culture ANNUAL REPORT 2014relevant researchers in this field, Núria Font. This combination of disciplines can also be found in the work of creators such as the Belgian, Thierry De Mey (http://youtu.be/teQNe2zPdRk) and the Austrians Klaus Obermaier & Ars Electronica Futurelab (http:// vimeo.com/64624233). Technology should not substitute everything that derives from the main source of expression, which is the body, nevertheless, there are works of new creation, such as Robot, which use robots in their choreography. The question, one that belongs almost to the realm of science fiction, is if a robot will be ever to be able to perform with the same wealth of expression and depth as a dancer.It is most probable that in the future we shall find ourselves faced with new theatrical works and operas which include audience participation by means of information technology or the use of social networks in real time. It would be yet another step in the integration of the stalls and the stage. The audience, playing itself, as another character in the work and capable of knowing what it thinks without having to ask everyone individually. It will be a question of time. Let us now consider the cases that have been chosen.VIDEO MAPPING In opera:Das Rheingold (Oviedo) http://www.elcomercio.es/videos/asturias/noticias-de-asturias/2668577209001-wagner-actualiza-oviedo.htmlThe Cantabrian company Visual Scenic was commissioned to produce the scenery for Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner, a work that opened the Oviedo opera season in September 2013. For the first time in Spain, the audience were to see a virtual stage set based on the video mapping system. This technique consists of the projection of three- dimensional images on a stage, completely painted in white, containing very few real stage props. The task was accomplished under the direction of the Cantabrian artist, Jaime Cobo, the artistic director ofAC/Ethe Visual Scenic company which has already received invitations to work in other European theatres.In dance: Núria Fonthttp://www.nu2s.org/cas/p_altres.php?ida=73164In October 2011 the facade of the Rafael Masó Foundation in Girona became the stage setting for an image, dance, light and musical performance during this Catalan city’s VAD Festival. The Habitat production was a joint work by various artists under the direction of Núria Font.SPACES FOR CREATIONIDN Fest ivalhttp://www.nu2s.org/idn_2013/Founded in 2007 under the direction of Núria Font and the NU2 association, IDN Festival consists of creating the mise-en-scène for proposals that include digital images and tools in their transformation of the performing arts. The relationship between dance and cinema, the direct manipulation of sound and image on the stage, the creation of proposals in an expository format with the body and motion as the subject, these are some of the core issues around which the Festival programme revolved. The Festival is biennial and will be held for the fifth time in 2015.Instalaciones Interactivas Bailadas (Interactive Dance Installations)http://www.nu2s.org/cas/inv_lab.php?ida=84753A creation by LAB 2012, the latest performing arts laboratory of NU2, a not-for-profit association created in 2005 to research, produce and disseminate works that link dance and the performing arts with the audiovisual. Instalaciones Interactivas Bailadas consisted of the presentation of four interactive pieces by a similar number of other visual artists, painters, sketchers and software designers.FOCUS 2014: THE USE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PERFORMING ARTS1. THE USE OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN PERFORMING ARTS WORKS CURRENT PAGE...130