Academic Research Projects

Cutouts of 5 performers appear on a blood spattered off-white background.

The Antigone Play by Tabia Lau, HAGS by Aaron Jan

Presented Nov, 2020 Online for Theatre@York

Content Types:
 - Chat room
 - Computer generated imagery
 - Zoom meeting
Technologies:
 - OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) Studio
 - Skype
 - Twitter
Audience Experience:
 - Chat room interaction
 - Streaming Video
Development Stage:
 - Academic Research
 - Public Performance

Summary of Project:

Two online plays commissioned by the Department of Theatre in the School of the Arts Media Performance and Design at York University

Arial view of event at Alcatraz

Dancing Earth

Presented October 8, 2018 at Alcatraz Multiple locations across Western North America

Content Types:
 - 360 Video
 - Binaural Audio
Technologies:
Audience Experience:
 - Community engagement
 - Documentary Film
 - Geolocated XR content
 - Promenade performance outdoors
Development Stage:
 - Academic Research
 - Community Engagement
 - Workshop

Summary of Project:

This project involved capturing documentary footage of Dancing Earth’s creative process as they developed a piece that was meant to premiere on Indigenous Peoples Day on Alcatraz Island.

A performer in costume stands behind the audience member wearing a VR headset during a performance of Bury the Wren.

Created by Beth Kates & Neil Christensen

Presented Mar 29 - Apr 2, 2019 University of Calgary School of Creative and Performing Arts Alchemy Festival of Student Work

Content Types:
 - Computer generated imagery
 - Pass-through video in VR headset
 - VR in headset
Technologies:
 - photogrammetry
 - RealityCapture
 - Unity (game engine)
 - VR headset
Audience Experience:
 - One to one performance
Development Stage:
 - Academic Research
 - Public Performance

Summary of Project:

An immersive one-on-one performance, Bury The Wren uses Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality, mixed with ‘Carbon’ Reality, to exhume Annie Donnelly’s voice from the grave of history. 

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