Explore the hybrid future of theatre in this insightful lecture on the Viral Theatres project and its exhibition "Hybrid Futures" at the Theatre Museum in Düsseldorf. Delve into creative and participatory documentation formats developed to capture responses from German and international theatre artists and audiences during the 2020-2021 theatre closures. Discover the possibilities that emerged for digital theatre practice in Germany due to COVID-19 through various video and audio case studies. Examine the evolving role of creative archiving and experimental digital documentation in the pandemic work of theatre and performance artists worldwide. Learn from Ramona Mosse, Principal Investigator of the Volkswagen Foundation-funded research project "Viral Theatres: Performing Post/Pandemic Cultures in the Anthropocene," as she shares her expertise on intermedial performance practices, VR in theatre, and modern and postmodern tragedy.
Documenting Viral Theatres - Hybrid Futures of Theatre and Digital Documentation
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Documenting Viral Theatres | Transmedia Arts
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