How the idea for the study Excited Atoms was born?
The idea for a study on virtual mobility came out of a conversation with Mary Ann DeVlieg in 2007. We were looking at new mobility research areas for On-the-Move and this was an obvious theme. In fact the starting point for the research was about using new technologies as a possible substitute for physical mobility. But when I began the research, the idea opened up into many more areas of artistic creativity, networked performance and interactivity with a whole range of different motivations. It became much more dynamic as a subject and I discovered a wide spectrum of activity which I think will be interesting for readers. 2. Why you are personally so passionate about the issues around artistic mobility? My first experiences of mobility were when I was a student. This was in the pre-Erasmus days and my studies in French and Romanian language and literature in the 1970s gave me an opportunity to attend international summer schools in Romania. These were amazing open international gather
