Time: Break Out Session # 3, 1:15 PM - 2:05 PM
BCCC Room:
MCCC Room:
Track: Arts and Humanities
Description:
Through the convergence of live theatre and technology, a world of new possibilities is being created for the performing artist. Virtual, immersive, and interactive environments, avatar performers, and telematic performances are just a portion of the technological tools creatively being utilized by theatre artists to enhance their ability to tell a story. This presentation will explore several of the advances being made in integrating technology into performance with an emphasis on the the use of high-bandwidth Internet networks to collaborate and create from extreme distances.
About the Presenter:
George H. Brown has worked in the professional and university theatre for over 20 years filling a gamut of positions from Director to Actor to Fight Choreographer. He has directed over 100 productions in theatres across the U.S., Caribbean and Europe and has been actively engaged in mediated theater since the 1980’s. His research and creative production has focused on live video integration, multi-screen and non-traditional surface projection techniques, mediated performance, and, most significantly, telematic performance, which takes advantage of high bandwidth Internet2 connectivity to join artists and technologists from around the world to collaborate and present theatre events that push the technological and creative envelope. His mediated creative activity has gained considerable attention with coverage from Discovery Channel News, Backstage (East and West Coast editions), Chicago City Arts Review, Live Design, and Southern Theatre to name a few. He and his collaborators have been awarded the ORION Learning Award of Merit, Theodore C. Burgess Award for Collaboration, the 2008 Internet2 IDEA Award , and the CASE Gold Award for their mediated creative production. George serves as Professor and Chair of the Department of Theatre Arts at Bradley University in Peoria, IL. He holds an MFA Degree in Directing from Penn State.
Resources:
BCCC Room:
MCCC Room:
Track: Arts and Humanities
Description:
Through the convergence of live theatre and technology, a world of new possibilities is being created for the performing artist. Virtual, immersive, and interactive environments, avatar performers, and telematic performances are just a portion of the technological tools creatively being utilized by theatre artists to enhance their ability to tell a story. This presentation will explore several of the advances being made in integrating technology into performance with an emphasis on the the use of high-bandwidth Internet networks to collaborate and create from extreme distances.
About the Presenter:
George H. Brown has worked in the professional and university theatre for over 20 years filling a gamut of positions from Director to Actor to Fight Choreographer. He has directed over 100 productions in theatres across the U.S., Caribbean and Europe and has been actively engaged in mediated theater since the 1980’s. His research and creative production has focused on live video integration, multi-screen and non-traditional surface projection techniques, mediated performance, and, most significantly, telematic performance, which takes advantage of high bandwidth Internet2 connectivity to join artists and technologists from around the world to collaborate and present theatre events that push the technological and creative envelope. His mediated creative activity has gained considerable attention with coverage from Discovery Channel News, Backstage (East and West Coast editions), Chicago City Arts Review, Live Design, and Southern Theatre to name a few. He and his collaborators have been awarded the ORION Learning Award of Merit, Theodore C. Burgess Award for Collaboration, the 2008 Internet2 IDEA Award , and the CASE Gold Award for their mediated creative production. George serves as Professor and Chair of the Department of Theatre Arts at Bradley University in Peoria, IL. He holds an MFA Degree in Directing from Penn State.Resources:
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