As TimeWave progresses, multiple works from different artists will unfold like the ebb and flow of water currents – intersecting, overlapping, interweaving – that form, in total, a wave.
For example, the first day of TimeWave may encompass:
- Staging of live work by artists in the same space;
- Streaming of live work from remote artists in different locales;
- Projection of recorded work from artists in regions with unreliable broadband;
- Presentation of transmedia stories that extend over multiple platforms;
- Creation of content in site specific locations due to interaction between artists and audiences with mobile/GPS-navigation devices; and,
- Capturing of improvised work on stage that springs forth from interaction between artists of different cultures (e.g., telepresence) or between artists and audiences.
Programming Type
Displacement of place.
Scenes from a linear story written by one writer or multiple writers are staged in three different locations. Writers may work with different directors and casts.
Displacement of characters/actors.
Actors in the same work but in different locations interact with each other via telepresence as if they are in the same space. While one actor may be on stage, the other actor can be projected into the scene via a live video stream.
Aggregation of site specific work by artists.
Site specific works are streamed simultaneously or in show order over the Internet. They can also be recorded and uploaded to the Internet. A centralised website will allow remote viewers to access the work 24/7.
Creation of site specific works with audiences.
Artists provide external stimuli, (i.e., visual or textual triggers) that elicit audience reactions. Audience reactions to the stimuli become the theatre to be streamed live to an audience in London. In a sense, we're watching a candid camera and peeking into their lives.
Live Twitter or SMS text-cued performances.
Audiences or remote artists can create "what if" or "what happens next" situations by inputting lines in a chat board fed by SMS texts or Twitter. Actors on stage respond to the input, improvising a theatre piece. Reverse the dynamic. Actors can pose dramatic situations, prompting live and remote audiences to riff on story endings.
Assembling a virtual and global message wall.
TimeWave will enable users to upload text or visual art that encapsulates what they most want to see transformed in the world to the Internet. Reactions of a London audience to messages coming in from around the world are recorded and uploaded. Remote audiences can comment on both messages and reactions via the website.
The high standard of material for TimeWave will be set by award-winning writers who have volunteered to contribute material to the festival. The artists have been given free rein regarding the style and thrust of each piece. For example, the first 15 minutes of TimeWave’s first day may consist of a 2-minute song, an 8-minute play and a 5-minute multiplatform transmedia work.
Some of the pieces from remote locations may be streamed live or recorded and projected on to onstage screens. How these pieces will be interwoven will depend on the material as it comes in from the writers.
