Does the World Need Another Multimedia Show?

Laurie Anderson - interview Swedish TV 2007

In the above video, Lori Anderson asks if the world needs another Multimedia Show. I am very intrigued by the conversation this question highlights.

There is a certain mysticism around technology. After the novelty of video camera and wireless sensors as a concept for interaction has been played out, what more content is there in the technology? How far can one hone the concept into meaningful and new work? Is the next step for realized invention? The technology surrounding software such as Isadora is, I believe, beyond it's conceptual value to the creator. Isadora and the interactive possibilities it offers are a resource that can be incorporated into existing performance creation processes. I feel that it requires a conscious stripping of the mysticism surrounding the novelty of the possibilities and a forced focus on their actual interplay with the full range of resources in a creation.

I see the utility of Isadora and similar technologies easily finding a home in the theatre as an exciting if somewhat mundane evolution of the CD/Mini-Disc, DVD and lighting board "GO" buttons of the world.
Perhaps I am recognizing that Multimedia for Multimedia's sake is not as noble, or at least sustainable as Art for Art's sake. What of it then? What more is there? How do these new technologies and emerging tools serve creators and their creations today now that the concepts have been invented, introduced and played out? How will I as a director/creator escape the trap of using and focusing on these new tools simply because they are there and seem magical in their own right?