Abstract
Digital technologies provide theater with new possibilities for combining traditional stage-based performances with interactive artifacts, for streaming remote parallel performances and for other device facilitated audience interaction. Compared to traditional theater, mixed-media performances require a different type of engagement from the actors and rehearsing is challenging, as it can be impossible to rehearse with all the functional technology and interaction. Here, we report experiences from a case study of two mixed-media performances; we studied the rehearsal practices of two actors who were performing in two different plays. We describe how the actors practiced presence during rehearsal in a play where they would be geographically remote, and we describe the challenges of rehearsing with several remote and interactive elements. Our study informs the broader aims of interactive and mixed media performances through addressing critical factors of implementing technology into rehearsal practices.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems : CHI '16 |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Publication date | May 2016 |
| Pages | 864-875 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4503-3362-7 |
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| Publication status | Published - May 2016 |
| Event | ACM CHI 2016: #chi4good - San Jose, United States Duration: 7 May 2016 → 12 May 2016 http://chi2016.acm.org/wp/ |
Conference
| Conference | ACM CHI 2016 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | San Jose |
| Period | 07/05/2016 → 12/05/2016 |
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| Series | ACM Annual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) |
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