Jorge Lopes Ramos experience with Engaging with Disengagement: Opting out, Slowing Down in Digital Immersive Experiences

On May 1st, Professor Jorge Lopes Ramos from ZU-UK and the University of Greenwich attended the Immersive Experiences Lab at the School of Culture and Creative Arts in Glasgow.

The Immersive Experiences Lab hosted a day-long exploration of temporal and digital media experiences through practice and critical discussions.

Questions that were explored were:
How are we situated in the 24/7 digital life of constant connectivity? What does slowing down and opting out feel like in the digital age? Is it a deferral from action or a break from the instant gratification culture? What role do the concepts of digital disengagement, opting out, or slowing down play in artistic practice? 

Professor Jorge Lopes Ramos (ZU-UK/University of Greenwich) leading Deceleration.

While there, Jorge showcased ZU's Deceleration, an audio-led instruction-based experience, and conducted a workshop on serious games and engaging with disengagement.

These themes build on the guiding research for Larpocracy, as the project investigates how live-action role-play can help foster democracy and the emphasis from the University of Greenwich and ZU-UK to lower boundaries to participation.

He also contributed to a panel discussion for the international festival of contemporary performance, Take Me Somewhere.

Participants taking part in the workshop on serious games and engaging with disengagement.

Group activities during the workshop on serious games and engaging with disengagement.

Participants used the workshop to work on collaboration, problem-solving and the idea of slowing down.