Hacking the Body

This paper looks at the technological practice of hacking and how choreography and participatory performance can be shaped by its ethos, methods, and approaches. The authors discuss how their current work explores emerging technological tools and devices to find new ways to devise performances to make immersive experiences for audiences. We use hacking culture and theory as a theoretical framework to connect technology and performance ideologies and critically examin key thinkers and practitioners from both domains. This not only informs our own practice and research, but also provides an alternate process for others attempting to bridge these fields.