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Video Game Puppetry Workshop with EK Theater #42

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mozfest-bot commented 8 years ago

[ ID ] 61d35f8a-2862-4e45-ae5c-73dc7543c55c

[ Submitter's Name ] Edward Kim [ Submitter's Affiliated Organisation ] ek theater

[ Space ] digital [ Secondary Space ] youth

[ Format ] learning-lab, hands-on

Description

EK Theater will present a workshop of “Niobe,” a piece from the company’s repertoire, based on a story from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. In this video game puppetry piece, Apollo is re-imagined as a sniper in Halo: Reach, and the performance uses two system-linked Xbox 360 consoles. The workshop will be led by director Eddie Kim and several volunteers from the Mozilla community.

After demonstrations of scenes from “Niobe,” workshop participants will be introduced to the company’s video game puppetry techniques and be given opportunities to perform in scenes.

In addition to demonstrating the relevance of classics in this digital age, EK Theater hopes to inspire others to tell their own stories using video games with this workshop.

Agenda

The session will start with a short introduction about the company’s history. This will be followed by performances of scenes from “Niobe.” The Mozilla volunteers will be visible and seated at a table that is located between the audience and the projection screen. They will move the video game characters and speak lines into microphones to enact the scenes. After the performances of scenes, they will teach their roles to members of the audience, and audience members will perform different scenes from the story. The workshop will be followed by a Q&A with director Eddie Kim.

Participants

Each workshop can provide 20 - 25 volunteer participants a chance to perform video game roles or speak voice parts.

Outcome

EK Theater strives to push the boundaries of what is possible in live performance art using digital media, and the company hopes that participants will adopt their theatrical techniques, be inspired to create their own works, and make further innovations in the field of digital arts.

ArtsAward commented 8 years ago

In conversation with Edi from EK Theater via Arts Award following my appraoch to him to make a proposal

ArtsAward commented 8 years ago

Super excited about this opportunity!

ArtsAward commented 7 years ago

Amended Description

EK Theater will present a workshop of “Niobe,” a piece from the company’s repertoire, based on a story from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. In this video game puppetry piece, Apollo is re-imagined as a sniper in Halo: Reach, and the performance uses two system-linked Xbox 360 consoles. The workshop will be led by director Eddie Kim and several volunteers from the Mozilla community.

After demonstrations of scenes from “Niobe,” workshop participants will be introduced to the company’s video game puppetry techniques and be given opportunities to perform in scenes.

In addition to demonstrating the relevance of classics in this digital age, EK Theater hopes to inspire others to tell their own stories using video games with this workshop. Note: the workshop will use the video game Halo: Reach, a first-person shooter game