Selected Public Talks, Presentations, Panels, 

Writing (click for links):



  • Berezina-Blackburn, V. and Oliszewski, A. Devising Interactivity in Virtual Reality Informed by the Dramaturgy of Immersive Theatre Practice. DRHA 2019 conference Radical Immersions. Conference proceedings. London: DRHA& University of Greenwich, 2021.
  • Oliszewski, A, Berezina-Blackburn, V., Fine D., Harvey,S. Devising and Designing Theatre, Live Performance, and Storytelling with Haptic feedback in Virtual Reality. Panel discussion at the PQ Talks, Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space, Pragua, Czechia, 2019
  • Berezina-Blackburn, V., Cleaver, D., Oliszewski, A., Udakandage, L. Virtual Reality Performance Platform for Learning about Dementia. Short paper and presentation, ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, Jersey City, NJ, 2018
  • Berezina-Blackburn, V., Oliszewski, A., Thompson, J. Captura de movimento e animação como meio de criação e treinamento em performance. Revista VIS: Revista Do Programa De Pós-Graduação Em Arte, 17(2), 8–32.
  • Berezina-Blackburn, V., Oliszewski, A., Thompson, J. There is No Silence: A mediated performance based on the life and works of Marcel Marceau. Panel discussion at the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR) conference Bodies on Stage: Actors Confronting Technology, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3, Paris France, 2015.
  • Thompson, J., Berezina-Blackburn, V., Oliszewski, A. There Is No Silence: Remembering the artist and hero, Marcel Marceau, in a devised work with integrated technology. Panel discussion at the Association of Theatre in Higher Education ATHE Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, 2015.
  • Berezina-Blackburn, V., Oliszewski, A., Thompson, J. There is No Silence. Panel discussion on devising with motion capture and real-time projection technologies at United States Institute for Theatre Technology USITT Annual Conference, Cincinnati, OH, 2015.
  • Coleman G.,Byrne D., Berezina-Blackburn,V.,Parady, K., Oduroe, J. Transdisciplinary Collaboration on Urban Desert Ecologies in Echo::System. Panel discussion via Skype at the Digital Art and the Urban Environment Symposium, Pace University, New York, NY, 2013.
  • Enriching 3D Computer Animation Practices Through Performance and Installation Contexts. Public lecture at Arizona State University School of Media and Engineering, Tempe, AZ, 2012.
  • Motion Capture for Experimental Animation. Presentation, 11th International Symposium on 3D Analysis of Human Movement. San Francisco, CA, 2010.
  • Translating Gesture through Motion Capture. Presentation, Gesture At Large: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Gesture. The Ohio State University. Columbus, OH, 2010.
  • Palazzi, M., Berezina-Blackburn, V, Lioi Y. Animation at the Center for Multidisciplinary Collaborations. Panel discussion, Kalamazoo International Animation Festival Educators Conference, Kalamazoo, MI, 2009.
  • Price, A, Berezina-Blackburn, V. Multi-User Interaction on the DNA Workbench. Poster presentation, ACM SIGGRAPH Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, 2007.
  • Landing Place: an Animator’s Perspective. Lecture, Women in Animation Symposium, CCAD, Columbus, OH, 2007.
  • Berezina-Blackburn, V., Miller, B., Windsor, B.Landing Place: Remapping Motion Capture of Dance Movement to Objects and Environments. Poster presentation, ACM SIGGRAPH Annual Conference,,Los Angeles, CA, 2005.
  • Motion Capture in Dance and Animation Collaborative Project. Presentation, Ideas in Motion Symposium at Boston CyberArts Festival. MIT, Boston, MA, 2005.
  • Berezina-Blackburn, V., Crawford, J. Muybridge to McLaren to motion capture, Lecture/animation screening, Dance On Camera Festival, Puffin Room, New York, NY, 2004