Re: [-empyre-] networked_performance 2

[Helen Varley Jamieson <helen@creative-catalyst.com>]

it's something lots of proximal performances don't manage to capture 
either ; ) presence - the holy grail of theatre ... how to create it 
when you're not even in the same hemisphere as your audience? i know 
that we've achieved it - sometimes - but i don't profess to know the 
magic formula.

one thing we've learned is to make it clear that it's live, so the 
audience knows they are occupying the same time-space as the 
performers. interaction, response, typos, lag, glitches, technical 
hitches, mistakes - all of these contribute to the liveness. live 
work is so much more risky than prerecorded, but if it's 
indistinguishable from prerecorded, then it can lose that energy.

interaction is something that people expect & hunger for in the 
online world, unlike theatre audiences who often shrink from 
"audience participation". we've found that when we create a role for 
the audience, they grab it & run with it. they don't even define 
themselves as audience, they perceive themselves as an integral part 
of the performance. the presence is definitely there in those 
situations. the work is not complete until the audience enters into 
it.

(another) helen : )

> lucio, helen, michelle, greetings
> i would like to ask, in relation to liveness, the role of the audience in
> adding to a live performance.
> how does one capture that energy that builds through a performance, in the
> exchanges between performer and audience, that ultimately impact on the
> performer and performance?
> that energy is something that even a video recording doesn't actually
> capture, that presence in the atmosphere around you of a certain something,
> non-physical but present, that you feel moving back and forth from audience
> to performer.
>
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