Alex Haw Lecture - 110609 - Central School of Speech and Drama - Telematic Space - 332

alex haw : atmos

A kind of unique language halfway between gesture and thought

(Antonin Artaud: Theatre of Cruelty)

The simple combination of two or three details of a material kind yields a perfectly finished representation of another kind

psychological. (Sergei Eisenstein: Film Form)

How might the whole world become a stage?

bringing distant spaces together through networked media

and control systems

COTS Dust

GOALS:

• Create a network of sensors

• Explore system design issues

• Provide a platform to test Dust components

• Use off the shelf components

2D beam scanning

laser

lens

CMOS ASIC

Steering Mirror

AR coated dome

Dust Delivery

• Floaters

• Autorotators

– solar cells

• Rockets

– thermopiles

• MAVs

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the potential for theatre to be produced, performed and experienced in

real-time across the globe

How may physical, architectural or theatrical spaces be connected

and interact

via media?

Can performers in different locations share a single space?

What is the status of the performer on the video screen?

How does narrative work when spread out over geographical distance?

What is the relation of performer to audience in a distributed space?

How limited is the compound space generated by telematics

in terms of occupation, use and performance?

How might telematic links be brought within the reach of individual

artists/people across the world?

telematic

telepresence

teleabsence

teleabsence

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alex haw : atmos