≡ TIMEWAVE AUTUMN 2012
TimeWave is a cutting-edge international festival (timewavefestival.com) that fuses theatre, technology and transmedia to explore the theme of “Transformation” in the 21st century.
Hundreds of artists from the six continents – Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and Oceania – will converge in London in Autumn 2012. Venue & Dates TBA.
TimeWave will present an unforgettable mix of live performances, streamed and recorded theatre and transmedia formats. Workshops and panels will add dimension and depth to the festival, instructing artists, children and audiences on new technologies and design techniques in storytelling and staging.
The Vision: to unleash the artistic potential of a culturally diverse collective via technology.
Consider artists in the same light as voters or activists. Empower them with technology. Enable them to respond. Each artist makes a difference. As a collective, artists can become a transformative force.
Technology has leaped ahead of the traditional performing arts. Boundaries of time and space are dissolving due to widespread adoption of broadband, online video, social media and pervasive technologies. A festival that enables artists in remote regions and disparate time zones to participate in a centralized event is now possible.
Our civilization is riding a wave of technological change that is ramping up. According to inventor Ray Kurzweil, we’ll reach a threshold – the “Singularity” – a point in time when the human mind can’t keep up with the change. In the near future, we may merge with machines to augment our intelligence.
TimeWave is an artistic step into the future of storytelling.
