Platform for Young Scenography / Workshop I

From May 8th - 15th 2009, Bauhaus University Weimar
with Louis-Philippe Demers aside others

The workshop will focus on scenographical issues regarding the integration of interactive audio-visual systems within spaces such as the theatrical stage, the urban public environments and architecture.

The workshop will comprise of a series of presentation on key concepts, hands-on sessions and individual project development.

Through several case studies, we will address the reciprocal relations between human (body), space and technology regarding the intrinsic characteristics of the interface while retrofitted into the scenographical space. During the workshop we will follow the question how digital new media influences and let us generate new concepts for interactions, spaces, and audio-visual forms.

Within the hands-on sessions, participants will explore and develop various concepts and techniques for real-time audio-visual synthesis. We will implement projects with authoring tools such as VVVV (1) for image synthesis and Max/MSP for real-time audio (2).  Participants are invited to develop stand-alone projects or interconnect those with other participants¹ modules.

The workshop will survey numerous interface styles and their underlying technologies. We will have a special focus on tangible, tactile and ³multi-touch² interfaces. Participants are welcomed to show up with their own hard- and software.

(1) www.vvvv.org
(2) www.cycling74.com


Workshop tutors:
Prof. Louis-Philippe Demers  ( Interactive Scenography )   - Associate-Chair Research, School of Art, Design and Media, NTU.
Armin Purkrabec ( Real-Time Visuals ) - Research Associate IERC (NTU)
Phillip Schulze ( Real-Time Audio ) - Research Associate IERC (NTU)