Desktop Theater
Desktop Theater was a digital performance project created by Adriene Jenik and Lisa Brenneis that ran from 1997 to 2002. The project consisted of a series of experiments in network performances using online discussion rooms and visual chat applications such as The Palace. The objective was to introduce a compelling way for the public to interact with theater online, and the audiences' responses in the chat room were treated as an important element of the work.[1] The project created over 40 web-based performances during its lifetime.[2][3]
Using The Palace, the performers would choose avatars and create adaptations of stage performances. One adaptation was waitingforgodot.com, based on Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett.[4] Everything that would conventionally be seen on a live stage, e.g. scenery, gestures, emotions, and dialogue, was presented in a 2D cyberformance heard in computer speech.[5]
Besides adaptations of plays, Desktop Theater also created interactive improvisations, workshops and other activities.[6]
Plays
- waitingforgodot.com - Third Annual Digital Storytelling Festival (1997)
- Spectacled Society - Palace Mansion (2000)
- The World of Park - Palace Mansion (2000)
- Invisible Interludes - Santaman's Harvest Digital Arts & Culture (1999)
- WaterWars[2] - Transit III Festival of Women in Theater, Odin teatret, Holstebro, Denmark and the Genetically Enhanced Palace (2001)[6]
References
- ↑ Jamieson, Helen. "From Paper and Ink to Pixels and Links" (PDF). Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ↑ Markoff, John. The Time Is Now: Bust Up the Box!, The New York Times, October 5, 2005
- ↑ "Desktop Theater: How-To". Adriene Jenik. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
- ↑ Christiane, Paul. Digital Art, Thames and Hudson, 2003. retrieved 2012-10-29
- ↑ Glesner, Julia. "Internet Performances as Site-Specific Art". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Desktop Theater: Archive". Ajenik.faculty.asu.edu. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
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