I would like to add an idea that came to my mind when I read Lee's and =
other preceeding postings dealing with the ocean being a metaphor of the =
Web (although my posting may not contribute to current problems). =
Prerequisites are two or three video monitors per RL-stage and a sound =
system (which is needed anyway; from what was said so far I understand =
monitors to be still a part of the stage design, although there will =
probably be no transmission of live video via the Net (!?)).
Two issues - the everthreatening Netlags/Netsplits and the dramaturgical =
need to display the Net somehow in the play - could be (partly) handled =
by providing the RL-audience with pictures/short video clips of a - =
quiet/stirred? - ocean via monitors at the beginning of the play, =
accompanied by a mixture of sea sounds and Netnoise (produced by the =
Cyberaudience which will hear the sound produced, but see no pictures - =
I am thinking of a mix of sea gull cries and the aforementioned modem =
crys or something of that kind) during switch-overs to the next =
scene/stage and during possible problems of any kind, i.e. =
Netlags/-splits ... this could - apart from making it visible - make for =
a dramaturgical representation of the Net as the other protagonist in =
the performance (and prevent the risk of embarassment when problems =
occur). While two or three monitors (or one video beamer?) should =
suffice to give a visual impression, the sound itself should give an =
impression of vastness and - depending on the context - threat. I could =
think of a rage of sounds from quiet ocean to stirred sea.
Admittedly, the cyberaudience will not be able to contribute to the =
Netnoise when there are problems with the Net, but the idea of having =
nothing but a sea sound in that case appeals to me as well.
Just an idea - does it make sense to anyone?
Greetings,
Boris.