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.

Search the DPA Catalogue The DPA catalogue can be searched through the original Digital Performance Archive online catalogue which has been deposited with the Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS). The catalogue will shortly be integrated into the Theatre Collection database.

DPA Archive

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.
Sci-Art	Anatomical Exoskeleton	Stelarc's Website