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Comment on it’s about engaging by leading the charge into transmedia theatre | james carter

leading the charge into transmedia theatre | james carter — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:26:41 +0000

[...] Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington D.C. took a bold step into the new frontier of theatre in transmedia storytelling. They launched the BWPG-CMU-ETC-Global Cyber-Narrative Project, partnering with the Black Women [...]

Comment on the secret city – join me by the secret city’s carnival of love | james carter

the secret city’s carnival of love | james carter — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:11:47 +0000

[...] the past three years, I’ve regularly attended The Secret City. I’ve written about the good this arts organization does, and this February 14th, they’re throwing their annual fundraiser at The Gym at Judson [...]

Comment on tweet seats – the public theater live tweets the gob squad by théâtre transmedia | Pearltrees

théâtre transmedia | Pearltrees — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:42:40 +0000

[...] After applying for a spot, the marketing staff chose me as one of 25 participants. One of my main interests, beyond seeing The Gob Squad for the first time, is my work in transmedia and interactive art. I was very curious to observe the reaction of the audience, the tweet seaters, and those following the #kitchenlive hashtag at home. There seem to be two camps in the live tweeting of theatre – the passive and the interactive. tweet seats – the public theater live tweets the gob squad | james carter [...]

Comment on tweet seats – the public theater live tweets the gob squad by martha wade steketee

martha wade steketee — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:06:39 +0000

About an hour into the experiment I began tweeting my ongoing concerns about the show itself (and response to it) and the exercise — just saying. not just a “passive” tweeter throughout the experiment. I did NOT tweet messages to my fellow tweeters during the experiment, ’tis true.

msteketee
Can those who don’t know the source material make any sense of the multiple references here? #kitchenlive

msteketee
(Meta) tweeting a live performance cuts short experiencing the flow of each performance. afterwards will overall be seen #kitchenlive

Comment on tweet seats – the public theater live tweets the gob squad by martha wade steketee

martha wade steketee — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:00:58 +0000

As one of your fellow tweet seaters (msteketee on twitter …) i moved between direct observation and struggling with the experiment itself throughout the evening. And because I AM indeed a blogging theatre critic who receives press comps with regularity, i suppose i was struggling with that role throughout the experience. (and no I won’t be reviewing that show based on my viewing of it as a tweet-seater precisely because of my split attention .. i couldn’t give myself totally over to the experience as i need to to review it appropriately when i was typing out notebook notes in a manner that required that i tear my attention, even for seconds at a time, from the stage ..)

There may be a role for tweeting some aspects of the theatrical enterprise (e.g. Woolly Mammouth in DC has recently announced or in fact held an event during which live tweeting will occur during a post show discussion as i understand it). And yet .. The context of a live performance can never be conveyed within the context of a 140 character limitation. sequential as they may be. The reader of the tweets AND the constructor of the tweets will both be distanced from the art being presented before them on the stage.

I am struggling (while attempting to write up a few actual reviews of shows I have seen over the past few days) with writing up some of my own thoughts about the role mash up I experienced as well as my musings about the effects of live tweeting on the art form.

It was a brave experiment. Something to ponder ..