
Dr Francesco Bentivegna
PhD, MPhil, MA
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Current positions
Lecturer in Digital Theatre
Department of Theatre
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Research interests
I am interested in AI, Voice, Voice for Performance, Posthumanism, Digital Performance and Digital Media, Intermedial Theatre Practices, Immersive Arts and Technologies.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Co-creative and collaborative practices in adaptation working with migrant mothers: ethical challenges and guidelines
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
This project aims to tackle this issue and ask about how we can work in an ethical and equitable manner with migrant and asylum-seeking participants using art-based participatory methods.…Managing organisational unit
Department of FrenchDates
01/06/2024 to 30/07/2024
Queering AI: Exploration in Creative Tech
Principal Investigator
Description
Queering AI is a workshop series running from May to December 2024, led by queer artists. Together, we will disrupt the dominant imaginaries of AI through queer creativity, and share…Managing organisational unit
Faculty of ArtsDates
01/01/2024 to 01/01/2025
Building Communities through Technology (Queer Focused)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of TheatreDates
01/11/2023 to 31/07/2024
Speculation in Queer Resilience
Principal Investigator
Description
AHRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA)Managing organisational unit
Department of TheatreDates
19/06/2023 to 31/01/2024
Publications
Selected publications
01/08/2022Cybernetic animism: Voice and AI in conversation
Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies
Agency, voice and prosopopoeia: SeeBotsChat and the projection of kinship
Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies
Becoming robot through voice: training in artificial voices
Theatre, Dance and Performance Training
Recent publications
18/08/2023Habits from Hyperconnected Solitude
Performance Research
Cybernetic animism: Voice and AI in conversation
Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies
Posthuman Voices: Channels across Time and Shared Memories
Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies
The Computer’s Voice: From Star Trek to Siri, Liz W. Faber (2020)
Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies
Agency, voice and prosopopoeia: SeeBotsChat and the projection of kinship
Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies