Asher Warren teaches and researches Theatre and Performance at the University of Tasmania. His recently completed doctoral thesis, 'Awkward Moment & Optional Electric Shocks: The Products and Politics of Intermedial Participatory Performance' explores contemporary participatory and interactive performance.
His current research interests include contemporary Australian performance, festivals, interactive and networked art, arts policy and funding, and new forms of contemporary spectatorship. He is also a member of the Performance Studies international Future Advisory Board (FAB).
Experience
2018–present
Lecturer, University of Tasmania
2016–2017
Research assistant, University of Melboune
2014–2017
Tutor, University of Melboune
Education
2017
University of Melbourne, Doctor of Philosophy (Arts)
2008
University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours)
Publications
2018
Performance in a Militarized Culture, Weaponized Bureaucracy: Kill-Chains, Drones, and Tethers
2018
Performance Research, Dispensing with the Law: Measuring alcohol and its effects in Shower Party
2014
Australasian Drama Studies, Mixed Actor Network Reality: A Performance in Three Networks
2014
Performance Research, Responding to Rupture: Kids Killing Kids
Professional Memberships
International Federation of Theatre Research (IFTR)
Performance Studies international (PSi)
Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies (ADSA)