Welcome at the website of the Researchgroup Virtual Theatre. We are part of the Research Centre for Theatre Making Processes at the Faculty of Theatre of the Utrecht School for the Arts. In Dutch this research Centre is called Lectoraat Theatrale Maakprocessen. Read more…
Our research group is interested in the interplay between creative making processes and interactive digital technology. We research this topic through LABs, Projects and the development of our own system called The Performance Engine (scroll all the way down this page to see a video presentation we did at Centraal Museum Studio). We try to share our findings through workshops and so-called performance lectures.
The MAPLAB is subject in the 15th episode about Art and New Media of the television series called “Kunstlicht Next”. A series used in cultural courses for highschool education.
For more info see the website of SchoolTV:Kunstlicht Next.
Have a look at the episode, this program is entirely in Dutch. The MAPLAB part is from 8:20 min onwards.
This 8,5 minute video gives an overview of the 2 day workshop called “The intersection of analogue and digital 3D space” we have given at Scenofest, which is part of the Prague Quadrennial 2011. Go here to read and see more about the workshop.
The video’s are at 1080P HD quality. Please select a resolution appropriate for your Internet connection.
On Saturday 7th of november at 13:30 we gave a live presentation of the Performance Engine v0.4 at the Central Museum Studio. This presentation was part of the afternoon program of ‘Niemandsland – Utrecht meets Berlin’. Organized by Born Digital.
In this 50 minute presentation we show all major features of the Performance Engine and give some insight on its research context and development philosophy. The 50 minute video below is divided into six chapters, so you have a choice of watching the full presentation or jump right to the part that has your particular interest. Read a brief description of the chapters below the video (click on the ‘Continue reading…’ link).
Please select your preferred resolution (360p /480p / 720p) in the player toolbar after pressing the play button for better videoquality. Pressing the button right next to the play button (left side) will show you the thumbnails of all 7 video parts. Or use simply the arrow buttons to browse through them. If you like to see the whole 50 minute presentation just press play and enjoy!
Read the content of the chapters below and choose the part of your particular interest!