Based on the results of research, feedbacks from the audience and the questionnaire evaluation, it can be concluded that the audience welcomed the efforts to introduce new media and technology in performing arts and an overall interest in innovative practices, especially in younger generations. It is also noticeable (as expected) that, in spite of the overwhelming digitalization of society, the traditional way of seeing and experiencing performing arts is deeply rooted in the minds of viewers, which automatically influences their expectations and perception of new expressions, in this case performance intertwined with digital technology. These habits lead to a need for a rational understanding of what is seen, to the preference of non-abstract ways of expression, and to a latent feeling of incompetence toward novelty, technology and abstraction, leading ultimately to a tendency for criticism toward art in general, which is perhaps a wider problem in the fruition of contemporary art.
Due to the complexity of this research, in terms of time and financial needs, and based on the interest of the audience and artists, it has been decided that this artistic research will continue in the form of a multi-annual program in order to continue to develop concrete technologies aimed at implementation of a set of tools that performance artists could easily apply for experimentation and developing new ideas and projects.
During the artistic research some interesting ideas have been created that will be further developed and implemented in future projects as well as foundations of an innovative language that will have an impact on the aesthetics of the future work of BOUM! The third etude of this research will be developed into a performance installation that will be presented during 2019.
The interdisciplinary territory between theater and digital arts has great potential for representing certain content, which is not possible to accomplish with traditional approach, and a functional aesthetics where form and content mutually identify.
Through the exploration of new hybrid languages/expressions, the development and improvement of aesthetical and technological aspects of creative work, inevitably a new methodology emerges and develops, proving itself as indispensable for the interdisciplinary working process.