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Mul-media:Systemsthatsupporttheinterac1veuseoftext,audio,s1llimages,video,andgraphics.Eachofthese
elementsmustbeconvertedinsomewayfromanalogformto
digitalformbeforetheycanbeusedinacomputer
applica1on.Thus,thedis1nc1onofmul1mediaistheconvergenceofpreviouslydiversesystems.
www.tamu.edu/ode/glossary.html
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RandallPackerandKenJordan(200)suggestfivecharacteris1csintrinsictocomputerbasedmul1media:
integra1on,thewaydifferentmediaandartformsarebroughttogetherincertainworks
interac1vity,spectatorsoruserscandeterminethestructureoftheworkthroughtheirowninterac1onswiththework
hypermedia,followingthelinks immersion,sensorialoverload narra1vity,formsofconceptualorganiza1on(oNennonlinearnarra1ves)
OvertureMul&media:FromWagnerToVirtualReality,ewYork:W.W.ortonandCompany,Ltd(xiixxxi)
Thesetermsofferastar1ngpointfordevelopingalanguageinwhichtoar1culatetheformsandprocessesinherenttomul1mediaperformance.RosieKlichUSW
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The Wooster Group
980 Schechner dissolves Performance Group, the lease on Performinggarage transferred to LeCompte now ar1s1c director of the WoosterGroupwithWillemDafoe,SpaldingGray,PeytonSmith,KateValk,andRonVawter.
As Dafoe later describes it, the experimental group aims to create atheaterdisconnectedfromabsolutesoftextandpsychology,theaterthatspeakstoanage"wherewecantalkonthephone,lookoutthewindow,watchTV,andbetypingale`eratthesame1me..."LeCompteandthecompanyuseacollageofaudio,video,andspokenwordtoreinventwellknownplaysh`p://www.pbs.org
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TheHAIRYAPEbyEugeneO'eill(995)
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HOUSE/LIGHTSbasedonGertrudeStein(999)
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Keyworks:
Route 1 and 9 The last Act (98) Video ofThornton Wilders Our Town (938) andblackfaceperformance
L.S.D Just the High Points (984) cut ups ofArthur Millers The Crucible, Timothy learyspeechesandextensivevideo.Millersuesthe
company.(video)
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LaurieAnderson
980
metJohnCage TouredwithWilliamBurroughsandJohnGiorno themul1mediaperformanceUITEDSTATESIIpremieredat
theOrpheumTheater,ewYork
"ThisperformancewassponsoredbytheKitchenandwasthefirstpieceIdidinarealtheater.ItranforseveraldaysandIrememberfeelingguiltythatitwasmoreorlessthesame
everynightbecauseIwassousedtochangingthingsaroundforeveryperformance.
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980s
OSUPERMAreached#2ontheBri1shpopcharts;signedwithWarnerBrothersRecords(InspiredbyMassenetsOSouverain,oneoftheariasinLeCid)andlyricslike:
SoholdmeMom,inyourlongarms.../inyourautoma1carms.../yourelectronicarms.../yourpetrochemicalarms/yourmilitaryarms/inyourelectronicarms...
RecordedBIGSCIECE 983UITEDSTATESperformedinitseighthourversionatthe
BrooklynAcademyofMusic
984MetPeterGabrielandwroteandperformedTHISISTHEPICTUREfor"GoodMorningMr.Orwell"livevideobroadcastorganizedbyamJunePaik
985ShotHOMEOFTHEBRAVEproducedbyPaulaMazirandfilmedbyJohnLindley
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990sandaNer
AndersonwrotethesoundtracktoSpaldingGrayssoloperformancesSwimmingtoCambodia986andMonsterinaBox99
992STORIESFROMTHEERVEBIBLE,theperformance,waspremieredatExpo'92inSeville
999SOGSADSTORIESFROMMOBYDICK(BAM) 2004ASAar1stinresidenceTHEEDOFTHEMOO
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Cyberne1cperformance
LaurieAndersonsconstruc1onofthebody...acyberne1cbodyratherthananaturalone,an
interfacewithtechnologyeg;themicdbodyplayedaspercussion,thevocoderalteringvoiceproduc1onproducingthe
intona1onofamale,thepas1cheofmalecrossdressing.
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Einstein on the beach 1976/84
therepeatperformanceofEinsteinonthebeachtookplaceattheBrooklynAcademyofMusicinDecember984.ThispiecewasconstructedaccordingtoWilsonssketchbookimageswhichdividedthespaceaccordingtopainterlyprinciplesofportraiture,s1lllifeandlandscape.
Theentractes(knownasKneePlays,becausetheyservedasjointsbetweentheacts)wereperformedinfrontofthestagecurtaininavery
shallow,closeupspacethathe(Wilson)thoughtofintermsofportraiture.Thesetsforthescenesshowingatrain,abuilding,acourtroom,andaprisoncellgavetheseobjectstheintermediatedepthoffieldcommonins1lllifecomposi1on.Andfinallythesetsthatprovidedmaximumspacefordancegroupstheopenfieldandthemassivespaceshipinteriorhadthedepthoflandscape.(TrevorFairbrother,RobertWilsonachronologicalessayRobertWilsonsVision p20
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Thecri1c,RobertBrustein,arguedthatthevisualeffectsarethemostdazzlingandoriginalaspectsofthework:Wilsonisessen1allya
painterwhopaintsinmo1on.(qtd.inFairbrotherop.cit.p20)
Bythe1meEinsteinwasfirstshownin976Wilsonhadalreadyacquiredaninterna1onalreputa1onasanimagistforthetheatre.His
firstmajorinterna1onalsuccesswaswitha7hourpieceen1tled
DeafmanGlancewhichcontainednodialogueandnolinearnarra1ve,
justaseriesofliveimages.Thepiecewasinspiredbythedrawingsofa
deafmuteblackchild,RaymondAndrewswhomWilsonhadadopted
aNerseeinghimbeingharrassedbyapolicemaninewJerseyin969.
Wilsonencouragedthechildtoexpresshimselfindrawingsandinvited
thechildtoteachWilsonstheatrecompanyhispreverballanguageof
gesturesandsounds.TheresultwasDeafmanGlancewhichWilson
describesasasilentoperaaNerCage.
Aplayconsis1ngonlyofgesturesandimagesbasedonthedrawingsofachildwithnootherlanguageisprobablythemostextremeformofa
theatreoftheimage
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Wilsonatthis1mewasopposedtotheno1onof
aliterarytheatre:
peoplearejustbeginningtoreturnagaintodiscerningvisualsignificancesasaprimarymodeormethodofcommunica1nginacontextwheremorethanoneformorlevelexists.Inthatsenseofoverlaysofvisualcorrespondences...See,werenotpar1cularlyinterestedin
literaryideas,becausehavingafocusthatencompassesinapanoramicvisualglanceallthehiddenslicesongoingthatappearinclearawarenessasencodedfragmentsseemstoindicatetheatrehassomuchmoretodothanbeconcernedwithwordsinadriedout,flat,onedimensionalliterarystructure.ImeantheModernWorldhasforcedustooutgrowthatmodeofseeing.(SpeechIntroducingFreudTwenðCenturyTheatre.ASourcebookp60)
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ReviewingAuslander:
LiveVMediatedperformanceisacompe11veopposi1onatthelevelofculturaleconomynotatthelevelofintrinsicorontologicaldifferences.
AuslandersviewisthatLive&Mediatedaremutuallydependentforreasonsthatarebothhistoricalandexperien1al:
historical(thetheatricalityoftv,tvasalivemedium;ubiquitoususeofmediainliveperformancesuchasdance)
experien1al(goinglive,in1macyandimmediacy,interac1vity,mul1plecamerasetupenablestvtorecreatetheperceptualcon1nuityoftheatre,p9cinema1cvocabofspectators,laughingoncue,stadiumconcertsandsportsevents)
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Is1lldontgetit
Ifweunderstandaperformancework,howevervitalorimprovisatory,asaworkwithinarepresenta1onalframe,thenitcanbedefinedintermsofmedia,asaneventwhichismediatedbythear1s1corins1tu1onalcontextinwhichitoccurs.
Thereforeitfollowsthatthedocumenta1onofsuchaworkinaphotographicorvideoformat,andwhichiscons1tutedasaworkinitself,canbeseenasaremedia1onofthatwork.
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theeconomyofrepe11on
Media1sedcultureinvolveswhatA`alicallstheeconomyofrepe11onthemassproduc1onofartandmediaobjectsimagesandsounds.(p0)A`alisaysWhatirony:peopleoriginallyintendedtousetherecordtopreservetheperformance,andtodaytheperformanceisonlysuccessfulas
asimulacrumoftherecord.(qtdp2)
Liveperformancemustrecreatethemedia1sedversionofit:musicvideo,standupcomedy
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thein1macyeffect
ThisisthesignificanceofWalterBenjaminsartworkessay(936)forAuslandersargument,themediasshapingofthesensorynorm:theproduc1onofadesireforproximity,thein1macyeffectsuggestsanothersetoftermsfortheinterconnec1onbetweenliveandmediatedperformanceforms.
Duetoourfamiliaritywithtelevisualimagesweseethemasproximatenoma`erhowfarweareawayfromtheminphysicalterms,eveninthelastrowofaMadonnaconcert.(p4)
Someoftheadvantagesofmixingmedia(p5)aretheproduc1onofconsciousandunconsciousworlds,objec1veeventsandinternalsubjec1vemo1vescancoexistinthemiseenscene.
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TheLiveVMediateddebate
LiveVMediatedperformanceisacompe11veopposi1onatthelevelof
culturaleconomynotatthelevelof
intrinsicorontologicaldifferences.
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Dumb Type OR and S/N
seekstoexploreevernewdimensionsofhumansysteminterac1on.
virtualmul1mediadancetheatrecollec1ve formedinKyotoJapanin984byTeijiFuruhashithenastudentatKyotoUniofFine
Arts.
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In990theirpiecePHtoured9countriesandtookasitsthemetheglobalinfobahn
Thispiecefeaturesprecisionchoreographyonatenniscourtlikegriddedstageover
whichanenormouselectronicboom
(actuallyametalscanner)sweepsbackandforthprojec1ngtextsandimagesontothe
floor
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PH:Onesuchtextisthephraseewworldorderwhichmorphs
intonewworldborder
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S/N
alaterpieceS/N(99298)concernstheinterac1onbetweenmedicaltechnologiesandthebody:
SIGAL/OISE SOUTH/ORTH SOCIETY/ATURE SIG/AME STATE/ATIO SYSTEM/ETWORK SESE/OSESE SCIECE/ECROMACY SAMPLE/ARRATIVE
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Idream...mycommonsensewilldisappear. Idream...myracewilldisappear. Idream...mypropertywilldisappear. Idream...mystylewilldisappear. Idream...myfearwilldisappear. Idream...mydutywilldisappear. Idream...myauthoritywilldisappear. Idream...mypowerwilldisappear.
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OR994
Explaining the issue around the border of life anddeath. And how technology is involved in to distinctthis border now. Idea came up from my experiencesin the hospital when my mother (cancer) died in
August, and my brother (traffic accident), my lover(AIDS) in the past. How much the science cancontrol this border. How much our mind can controlthis border. This is the border which all the humanshave to confront some day. teiji furuhashi. oct 1995
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ORinstalla1on
Images ofdeath, looked
at from
various view
points, be itreligious,
philosophical,
medical,
cultural or
emotional
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KyupiKyupiAudio
visualperformanceunitfoundedin996
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While maintaining a baseof activities in Kyoto, theiraudiovisual works andperformances have beenshown at museums inParis, New York andLondon
videoworks suited toprivate spaces and liveworks at public venues,directly stimulating thesenses via diverseplatforms transcendingmedia barriers
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Influences
kawaii culture (helloKitty etc)
Manga graphic novelculture - mainstream in
japan
Cyberculture with theemphasis on WAP andmobile phonetechnologies (internet
enabled mobiles)
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BLASTTHEORY
(99present) Ma`Adams,JuRowFarrandickTandavanitjbasedinLondon
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Companystatement
Blast theory explores interactivity and therelationship between real and virtual space witha particular focus on the social and politicalaspects of technology. It confronts a media
saturated world in which popular culture rules,using video, computers, performance,installation, mobile and online technologies toask questions about the ideologies present inthe information that envelops us.
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Since2000,BlastTheoryhasbeenexploringtheconvergenceofonlineandmobiletechnologiesincollabora1onwiththe
MixedRealityLab,Universityofongham
RecentProjectsincludetheawardwinningCanYouSeeMeow?,UncleRoyAllAroundYouandILikeFranktheworld'sfirstmixed
realitygamefor3Gphones.
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StagingmediaKidnap998
In 1998 Blast Theory launched a lottery in whichthe winners had the chance to be kidnapped.Ten finalists around England and Wales werechosen at random and put under surveillance.
Two winners were then snatched in broaddaylight and taken to a secret location wherethey were held for 48 hours.
http://www.blasttheory.co.uk/kidnap/regform.htm
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Kidnap
The two winners were DebraBurgess, a 27 year old
Australian working as a tempand Russell Ward, a 19 yearold from Southend working
in a 24 hour conveniencestore.The whole processwas broadcast live onto theinternet. Online visitors wereable to control the videocamera inside the safehouseand communicate live with
the kidnappers.
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DesertRain2000
A game, an installation and a performance placing participantsin a collaborative virtual environment and sending them on a
mission into a virtual world. In a world where Gulf War images
echo Hollywood images, where Norman Schwarzkopf blurs into
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Desert Rain looks for the feint line
between the real and the fictional.
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DesertRain
You have 30minutes to find the
target, complete the
mission, and get tothe final room,
where others may
have a very different
idea of what actuallyhappened out there.
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New media performance in
Australia
PerformanceSpace(980present) DenisBeaubois;IntheEventofAmnesiatheCitywillRecall(998ewYork)
TheKingPins:Tcha Noble b.1977, EmmaPrice b.1975, Katie Price b.1978,
Anglelica Mesiti b.1976
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