Theatre Collection The Digital Performance Archive
What is the DPA?
The Digital Performance Archive (DPA) was an outcome of an Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB) funded
research project between Nottingham Trent and Salford Universities to undertake a major collection and
analysis of digital performance events and developments that occurred during the 1990s. The project was
called “DRIP-DROP”, standing for ‘Digital Resources In Performance – Digital Resources On Performance’,
and it documented developments in the creative use of computer technologies in performance - from live
theatre and dance productions that incorporated digital media, to cyberspace interactive dramas and
web-casts.
The “Drip-Drop” project produced an extensive online searchable database of virtual theatre performance
and related events from 1990 to 2000, including selected video documentation, images and statements by
creators.
The physical DPA is a video and CD-ROM archive, which also contains some printed material such as
press cuttings and supporting information.
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Associated Project Websites
The "DRIP-DROP" project from which the DPA developed was run through the Digital Research Unit (DRU)
at Nottingham Trent University. The Unit's Principal Research Fellow, the artist Stelarc, also
collaborated with the DRU on a number of significant projects and details of these can be found by following the
links below.
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Sci-Art
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Anatomical Exoskeleton
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Stelarc's Website
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