Mobile devices, such as iPads or Smart Phones, enable actors to travel out of fixed work stations and into other spaces - streets, hallways, elevators, balconies, etc. With a wifi connection, we can stream from the mobile device right into the telepresence platform. Actors can establish geography-on-the-go and create specific worlds. The fluidity is new and startling.
Global Theatre Workshop: Mobility-1 from LoNyLa on Vimeo.
For site specific work, the spread of wifi and proliferation of devices liberate the artist to experiment with atmosphere, settings and space.Global Theatre Workshop: Mobility-2 from LoNyLa on Vimeo.
The ability to interact with audiences in remote physical (real) places and incorporating those audiences into a centralized virtual space has significant implications.
