I’m currently involved in a project that is working on theatricalizing the concept of Avatar and / or Cyberspace. My head has been swimming around this problem for quite some time, and after some good ol’ R&D, here’s some of what I came up with:
These ideas are to be seen mostly as a proof of concept, and I think they’ll be more compelling when they actually make it on stage.
That said, I think there’s a lot of potential for choreography between the human body and digital forms. Yesterday I realized how cool it would be to crossover from machinima into theater. I wonder what that would be called.
Oh, in the vid, I mention my email. Here it is again: hwang [dot] al [at] gmail.
So, since the Digg hit, my wiki entry for the Wiremap got destroyed by spam. I don’t know enough php or sql or whatever it is I need to know to recover my document, so I’m considering rebuilding it in a static page.
I’ve been in contact Elliot Woods over in Manchester who is interested in building a very large wiremap for a not for profit music festival, called Pangaea. Last year at Pangaea, they made the world’s largest 3d dot matrix display, and this year they’re looking to (in my estimation) up the ante.
Email contents include blender, maxmsp, lots of nylon rope, steel frames, and the use of three theater quality projectors.
w00t.
So my friend Morgan Murphey and I have been working on a movement piece that is based off a few pieces she completed while she was in school. We’ve found some interesting stuff, and we’re ready to share it w/ everyone.
The piece runs approximately a half hour. After the performance there will be a brief break followed by time for the creators and the audience to ask questions/give feedback. We’d love to hear as much feedback as possible so if you have the time – it would be greatly appreciated.
Here’s the info:
January 18th, 19th, 20th at 8pm
and January 20th at 2pm
Tickets $5
Linhart Theater
440 Lafayette Street, 3rd Floor
Conceived by Morgan Murphey
Created by Albert Hwang & Morgan Murphey
Designed & Assisted by Andrew Scoville, Reshmi Hazra, Corey Michener
Stage Managed by Victoria Flores
Assistant Stage Managed by Sanaz Ghajarrahimi
Produced by Justin Ball
To make a reservation / let us know you’re coming, please email the producer, Justin Ball at justin[ at ]phtschool[ dot ]org letting us know what performance you would like to attend and how many of you there are. We will only email you back if there is a problem with your reservation.