Madness Lies/Documentary/ Immersive Telepresence in Theatre

Stewart, Beck (Principal Investigator)
Gorman, Tom (Principal Investigator)

School of Media and Performing Arts

Project: Other

Short title	Madness Lies Documentary Film
Status	Active
Effective start/end date	1/02/15 → 1/01/24

Keywords

technology
immersive experience
ART
Film archive
digital education
Archives
performance
Performance
Teachers

Access Project

Immersive Telepresence in Theatre Project 1: Coriolanus Online ..."Taking the text of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus as a basis for study, students from both Tampere University (Finland) and Coventry University (UK) worked on a small section of the script (3:3) in both Finnish and English. A ‘virtual space’ was created in both locations through the re-purposing of videoconferencing technology and the use of large rear projection screens, high speed internet connections and unidirectional, hypercardioid microphones. Moreover, a unified spatial design and a careful use of lighting gave the actors the illusion that they were occupying the same physical space."... Gorman.T (2016)
King Lear Online. The text chosen for this second stage was King Lear and we explored both a large ‘public’ scene and more intimate sections from the text in order to examine how this pedagogy enables rehearsal work in these differing circumstances. This second version refined both the technology and the teaching developed during the initial instalment of the project: Coriolanus Online. Work continued on developing both spaces to give the illusion of one single, unified rehearsal room. Placement of cameras and projection techniques was central to improving the performer experience, but we wanted to keep the equipment used both affordable and user-friendly so that it can be accessible to a wide variety of user groups.

University of Tampere
Beck Stewart (Visiting researcher), Tom Gorman (Visiting professor) & Tom Gorman (Visiting researcher)
Mar 2017 → Apr 2017
Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution

Kuningas Learia esitetään etäläsnäolon avulla
Tom Gorman
9/10/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Shakespeare actors 1,600 miles apart use rehearsal 'window'
Tom Gorman
22/02/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Face to Face: Using Videoconferencing to Create a Shared Virtual Space for Students
Tom Gorman
20/02/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities