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• Even in the eld of wearables, we can draw attention to experiments such as the ‘Mi. Mu’11 gloves devised by Imogen Heap, based on the use of light and movement sensors to interpret various hand gestures and convert them into sounds produced by all kinds of instruments.• A striking example is the transmedia musical Beyond the Fence,12 which features a computer-generated plot and music in a process in which various international research centres have been involved, taking as a basis predictive Big Data on recipes for success in hit musicals.Experiment Near in the distance 2 by Kònic Thtr - KòniclabAct IIFrom fourth wall... to fourth dimensionBodies and bodily forms in movementThere is no doubt that contemporary dance is the eld that is witnessing the greatest amount of blending with technology owing to the universality of its artistic language, movement and body poetics. Choreographers and dancers are drawn to technology for its huge possibilities of exploring new forms of expression and plasticity based on interaction with bodies.• Mária Júdová’s body(input)16 project experiments with bio-interaction between body and technology with the aid oflight sensors that respond to the dancer’s biological functions.• The company formed by Adrien M and Claire B17 experiments with the poeticsof bodies in movement, using techniques related to contemporary dance and circus or hip-hop, through their interactionwith virtual environments by means of a technological application called eMotion. They have produced memorable shows such as Le mouvement de l’air18 and Pixel19 with the respective collaboration of choreographers Yan Raballand and Mourad Merzouki.• One of the pioneers in this eld, Thierry dePromotional poster for the musical Beyond the Fence• There are many examples of networked performances in which stage actors and writers come together in di erent spaces, connected online, to perform a single show in real time. Kònic Thtr - Kòniclab is one of the most active groups in this combination of performing arts and technology, for example in the experiment Near in the distance 2,13 which involved artists in Barcelona, Judenburg, New York, Prague and Vienna.• The Philharmonic Orchestra of Copenhagen has started up an Internet symphonic orchestra, the World Online Orchestra14 made up of musicians from all over the world, in order to democratise symphonic music and make it familiar by bringing people into direct, personal contact with it. A similar experiment was carried out in the New York subway by composer Ljova, who grouped together various street musicians online to create the rst WiFi orchestra in Signal Strength.15AC/E DIGITAL CULTURE ANNUAL REPORT 201653Smart Culture: Impact of the Internet on Artistic Creation