Synopsis
HOPE is on the way!The online conference HOPE! from the EU-funded theatre network PlayOn! will take place from 4. – 6. April. We want to dive into digital technologies which expand the spaces of theatre and attract new audiences. We will explore the importance of spatial sound / immersive music and mixed reality (VR & AR) / metaverse through exemplary productions. We are also interested in microcontrollers and tracking systems including robotics. We will explore ways in which the public / virtual space can be opened up theatres and their audiences.
Familiar old conventions of theatre are challenged by digital technologies, new spaces are developed through immersive performances. The spatial expansion into the virtual also allows the audience to take on a new role and become part of the narrative development, co-creating the storyline. However, this is not intended to change the traditional understanding that theatre is a live medium, that audience and artists meet directly - virtually and / or in real life.
We want to dive in digital technologies that can expand the spaces of theatre and thus also open up new audiences. We will explore the importance of spatial sound / immersive music and mixed reality (virtual and augmented reality) through exemplary productions. We will explore the question of how this can be used to open up public / virtual space for theatre and its audience.
The EU-funded platform PlayOn!, consisting of 9 theatres with experience in the artistic application of digital technologies and 9 universities with proven digital expertise, will run the three-day Creative Online Forum HOPE! Dive In: Immersive Theatre in expanded spaces.
More than 20 experts worldwide from theatre, technology and science will present outstanding theatre performances, new research approaches and give hands-on workshops. Panel discussions will explore how XR technologies can expand theatre aesthetics and create new opportunities for set design, costumes and audience participation. The HOPE! audience can participate in numerous interactive formats at HOPE! directly.
HOPE! is a free offer.
PROGRAM
Monday, April 4th
10 A.M.
Panel 1: New Storytelling with Immersive Technology
With:
Christiane Hütter | futurewithplay.de
Pilot Theatre Company UK
Teatret Vårt NO
Teatr Ludowy PL
Landesbühnen Sachsen, Platypus Theatre DE
12 A.M.
Panel 2: Spatial Sound & Immersive Music
With:
Enrique Tomas | Tangible Music Lab ES
Collaborative locative media FR
Lukas Rehm DE
Digital Creativity Labs York UK
Unique sonic moments DE
6 P.M.
Panel 3: Tracking and Robotics
With:
Jürgen Hagler | Deep Space Ars Electronica AT
Rhizomatiks JP
Silk Dance Company AT
Copernicus Centre Warsaw PL
Folkwang University of Arts / Interface Design DE
Robotic in Architecture UFG Linz AT
Tuesday, April 5th
10 A.M.
Panel 4: Mixed Reality & Metaverse in live theatre
With:
Antonio Baia Reis | Somewhere over the theatreverse PO
Franziska Ritter | Im/material Theatre Space DE
Megaverse UK
Out of the box DE
Creation Theatre UK
msm.digital
Theater Augsburg DE
Burgtheater Wien AT
6 P.M.
Panel 5: Hands-on-workshops
#1 Microcontrollers by Julian Jungel DE
#2 Audio walk with GPS tracking by collaborative locative media FR
#3 3D sound recording by Lukas Rehm DE
#4 Live feedbacking by Dominik Scherm/Reactionlink DE
8 P.M.
Live Theatre on Twitter
"Mother Hope and her Children"
Burgtheater Wien, Berliner Ensemble, Teater Ludowy Kraków + PlayOn!
An unusual, collective theatre experience
#HOPEVorstellung
Wednesday, April 6th
10 A.M.
Panel 6: Digital Creativity Sparks
With:
Robert Walton, Claire Coleman AUS Child of Now in Melbourne
David Gochfeld USA
Digital Creativity Lab of the University of York UK
Micro-talks, videos and demos to develop immersive theatre in expanded spaces
11:50 A.M.
#1 Simple Tracking system by Claudius Lazzeroni DE
#2 VR glasses as media extension by Sven Müller DE
Co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union
play-on.eu/hope-2022
