Susan Broadhurst


Susan Broadhurst is a performance art practitioner, writer, and academic, She is Professor of Performance and Technology and leads the division of Production and Performance at Brunel University London, where she co-founded the university's Body, Space & Technology Research group.
Broadhurst joined Brunel University in 1999 and was appointed to a full professorship in 2008.
She is the author of two books, four edited collections, and multiple papers on performance, with an emphasis on live art, dance, music, film, aesthetics, neuroesthetics, technology, and bio-technology. Broadhurst is co-editor, with Barry Edwards, of the Body, Space & Technology Journal, and of the Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology book series with Josephine Machon.
In 2008, Broadhurst organized ‘'Intelligence, Interaction, Reaction and Performance’', a series of performances and installations exploring the interface between physicality, digital interactivity, AI technology, and biotechnology in contemporary and performance art. This concluded with a symposium held at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts.

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