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Newer papers and presentations are not made available since active presentations are still taking place. Contact info (at) anotherlanguage.org to schedule a presentation.
XYZ - A Digital Poem by Elizabeth and Jimmy Miklavcic 2013
Presentation

Presentation - July 3, 2013 - A group of 40 students from Jordan and Canyons School Districts in Salt Lake County, Utah attended a 3D screening of XYZ.
XYZ - A Digital Poem by Elizabeth and Jimmy Miklavcic 2013
Presentation

Presentation - July 11, 2013 - On July 11, 2013 a group of 17 students and guides from the Davis School District in Davis County, Utah attended a 3D screening of XYZ.
Visual Scripting by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic 2011
Paper | Presentation

Presentation - April 8, 2011 - Another Language Performing Arts Company presented Visual Scripting for the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters Spring conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah at the Salt Lake Community College South Jordan Campus. Visual Scripting, written by Elizabeth Miklavcic focuses on creating multimedia scripts for the purposes of documentation and re-staging of complex telematic works. The original 2007 paper was revised for the May 15th submission deadline to the Journal of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters annual publication.
InterPlay: Performing on a High Tech Wire 2nd Edition by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic and Jimmy H. Miklavcic 2010
Paper | Presentation

Presentation - April 9, 2010 - Another Language Performing Arts Company presented the second edition of InterPlay: Performing on a High Tech Wire for the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters Spring conference. This paper was awarded the 2010 "Best Paper in the Arts Category." Founded April 3, 1908, the Utah Academy of Sciences was organized to promote investigations and diffuse knowledge in all areas of science. Beginning 1923, the Academy started publishing the papers presented in its annual meetings in Proceedings. In June 1933 at the annual meeting, the Academy was enlarged to include the arts and letters, and the name was changed to the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. Articles of incorporation and nonprofit organization status were accepted by the Academy membership at the spring meeting in April 1959. In 1977, the name of the journal of the Academy was changed from Proceedings to Encyclia. It became a refereed journal at this time. In the mid 1980s, the scope of the Academy was expanded still further to include 1) Business, 2) Education, 3) Engineering, 4) Library Information and Instruction, and 5) Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. Beginning with the 1998 issue, the journal is now The Journal of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters.
InterPlay
Presentation

Presentation - June 25, 27, 28, 2009 - Another Language Performing Arts Company was invited to present InterPlay: AnARTomy at The Leonardo in downtown Salt Lake City during the Utah Arts Festival. Jimmy and Beth Miklavcic recreated the cinematic display component of the performance using AGVCR and a simulated network. The Leonardo building will soon to undergo renovation. This science center promises to be a state-of-the-art national facility.
Screening - June 19, 2009 - Another Language Performing Arts Company was invited to present and screen several InterPlay performances for the opening reception of the newly founded Computer Museum. Director Richard Thompson has been collecting and preserving a variety of historical machines. He intends to create interactive content and continue to build the museum's collection. His idea has the potential to create a fantastic resource of computer history in Salt Lake City.
The Poetics of Challenge - Developing Artistic Works in an Emerging Digital Tool Set
by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic and Jimmy H. Miklavcic 2008
Presentation

This paper and presentation is an examination of the challenges of telematic performances using examples from InterPlay: Carnivale, held at the University of Utah Intermountain Network and Scientific Computation Center March 28-30, 2008. The purpose of this presentation is to examine the challenges faced in project development process and to find solutions for improvements in the creation of network collaborations.

Presentation - Cambridge University, UK for the Digital Resources in the Humanities and Arts Conference, September 14-17, 2008.

Presentation - University of Utah Center for High Performance Computing Lecture Series, October 6, 2008.

Presentation - Idaho State University Dance and Theatre Department, February 20, 2009.

Presentation - Utah Dance in Education Association, March 7, 2009.
Visual Scripting by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic 2007-2008
Paper

Visual Scripting , written and authored by Elizabeth Miklavcic, addresses the process of creating theatre scripts for the Interplay series, as well as, a possible template for other multi-leveled and multi-faceted performances. The purpose of visual scripting is to provide a more complete visualization of an original script. With the advent of accessible media, especially software such as Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, QuickTime, Storyboard Artist and other programs. It is possible to create a multi-media script that can be provided to actors, both as drafts in the development process and a completed version for restaging. The methods of documenting the artistic creations of our age are in need of matching the complicated nature of these newly created original works and must begin to include additional layers as well. Visual Scripting documentation is a proposed idea specifically for the benefits of a springboard for interpretation by a new cast. Not for the purposes of rote restaging, but for use as information for what was done. The Visual Script media includes text, auditory and visual files for the new cast to use as tools to move beyond the interpretations of the original cast, finding additional levels within the work. A case study application is applied to the InterPlay series, and specifically to InterPlay: Nel Tempo di Sogno (2007) created under the direction of Elizabeth and Jimmy Miklavcic.
InterPlay: Performing on a High Tech Wire by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic and Jimmy H. Miklavcic 2007
Paper | Presentation-InterPlay Description | Presentation-InterPlay Artistic Works

Through the investigation of five InterPlay performances, this paper describes the form and discusses its process and structure. It analyzes some of the issues that have been encountered, surmounted and those that require continued examination. It discusses subjects such as distributed collaboration, communications, production elements, real and virtual venues, and the layered development of works within this innovative art form.

This paper was published in the Body, Space and Technology Journal at Brunel University, West London.

Presentation - Dartington College of Arts Devon, UK for the Digital Resources in the Humanities and Arts Conference, September 10-12, 2007.

Presentation - Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana for the Humanities and Technology Conference - Sustainable Transformations: Technology and Its Environments, October 4-6, 2007.

Presentation - Neumont University, Salt Lake City, Utah.
InterPlay: Stepping Out of the Box by Jimmy H. Miklavcic 2007
Paper | Presentation

This paper describes the creative process involved in developing an InterPlay performance and how uses of the Access Grid can be applied in other fields such as medical training scenarios.

Presentation - Keynote for Slice of Life 2007 Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Production Elements Awareness of the On-Line Self
by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic and Jimmy H. Miklavcic 2006
Presentation

Since most of us are using the Access Grid for scientific and meeting applications, there are a few things I'd like to point out that can be applied to help improve the quality of the image of ourselves that we are transmitting. The points we will be covering are: Camera placement; The use of lighting to help off set the overhead fluorescents, and the gray pallor of the video stream; Background and frame simplification; and audio applications. We will then cover some applications of these principals for production and performance use. At the end of the presentation we will set some lights on a volunteer and do some mixing for a live demonstration.

Presentation - Supercomputing Global 2006, Tampa, Florida.
Mind Waves Case Study Performing a work within a work for InterPlay: Dancing on the Banks of Packet Creek
by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic 2006
Paper | Presentation | Narrated Presentation | Mind Waves Excerpts |
Packet Creek Screen Kinetics

This paper explores the process of developing a performance work for the distributed real-time surrealistic cinematic style in the collaborative telematic video genre. The steps for the development of a performance work inside of a larger collaborative work involving multiple sites are explained. This paper explores the symbolism of movement choices in the choreographic scene structure, use of sets, props, cameras and other technical equipment, as well as, the additional layer of using the Access Grid system to send video streams of the performance work over Internet 2 for a world-wide audience. Mind Waves was created for InterPlay: Dancing on the Banks of Packet Creek held March 31 through April 2, 2006. The InterPlay series, developed by Another Language Performing Arts Company, focuses on combining different art forms in innovative ways. This paper demonstrates the complexity of creating and using the Access Grid video conferencing tools and the interesting challenges artists face when participating in this genre.

Presentation - Supercomputing 2006, Tampa, Florida
InterPlay in Education K-12
by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic 2006
Paper

Exerpt - "...I know that there are many applications in education for this work, especially using artistic creation for interesting springboards-we can help students with identity, self-acceptance, as well as, using this work as a medium for discovering the magic that exists all around us."

Presentation - MAGPI - Mid-Atlantic Gigapop (point of presence) in Philadelphia for Internet 2, April 6, 2006, for participants in: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
Role of the Performer within the InterPlay Process Reflections of Citizenship, InterPlay Participation, History and Case Study: Loose Minds in a Box
by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic 2005
Paper | Presentation

Introduction - "The exciting thing about participating in the InterPlays and being a part of the Art on the Grid community is that it is truly about the research. There is a sense of searching and a sense of seeking. Working on projects is as much about the question as the answer. I don't feel as though anyone is trying to dictate what is the 'right' answer or 'correct' answer. The invigorating process of participation is the embracing of the question. The process of muddling through issues and diving into the work gives us the opportunity to problem solve and work toward creating something of the best quality we can based on where we are at a specific moment in time."

Presentation - International Federation for Theatre Research, June 26-July 2, 2005, University of Maryland at College Park near Washington, D.C.

Presentation - Humanities and Technology Conference, October 6-8, 2005, Snowbird, Utah.
InterPlay
by Jimmy H. Miklavcic and Elizabeth A. Miklavcic 2005
Paper | Presentation

Introduction and General Information - "So what is an InterPlay? InterPlay is a distributed, live, real-time cinematic event that occurs simultaneously in several cities throughout North America. Each site creates a portion of the distributed performance and, with the aid of Access Grid technology, transmits the performance to the other sites. The host site, collects these video and audio streams then processes and mixes them in to a master digital mix and retransmits that stream back to the other participating sites. Each participating site has a local live component as well as a live, real-time, multimedia component."

Presentation - International Federation for Theatre Research, June 26-July 2, 2005, University of Maryland at College Park near Washington, D.C.
InterPlay: Hallucinations A Telematic Performance Form Case Study
by Jimmy H. Miklavcic and Elizabeth A. Miklavcic 2005
Paper (Written in 2005) | Presentation (Created in 2004)

InterPlay is a form of telematic performance that is achieved by the collaboration of two or more simultaneous performances at several sites across the globe. This case study examines the process undertaken by all involved to produce, rehearse and perform the work Hallucinations. We discuss the concept, the technical needs and issues, as well as, the performance process.

Presentation - Supercomputing Global '04, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

Presentation - International Federation for Theatre Research, June 26-July 2, 2005, University of Maryland at College Park near Washington, D.C.

Presentation - Humanities and Technology Conference, October 6-8, 2005, Snowbird, Utah.