Monika suggested I send a copy of this invitation for you all to see. The
invitation went out to all members of ATHEMOO and has also been forwarded
to Collab-l.
Best,
Juli Burk
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 11:28:21 -1000
From: 284@ATHEMOO.moo.mud.org
Reply-To: burk@hawaii.edu
To: burk@hawaii.edu
Subject: Message from ATHEMOO
Aloha ATHEMOO Members and Friends!
ATHEMOO celebrated its second birthday on June 1st and thanks to all
our dedicated members the first two years have been extremely eventful.
If you haven't visited ATHEMOO lately, summer is a perfect time to get
reacquainted with all the new facilities. Our latest project, with generous
assistance from Jan Rune Holmevik, has been to connect ATHEMOO to
the Web. Look for more information later in the summer when the project
has been completed!
In the meantime, a very exciting performance project has been announced,
and I want to invite you all to attend its first incarnation.
THE DATE:
Thursday, June 26th 1997
THE TIME:
09:00 PM Vienna
12:00 Noon Los Angeles
02:00 PM Chicago
04:00 PM Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro
09:00 AM Honolulu
05:00 AM June 27 Melbourne
THE LOCATIONS:
Museum Modern Art
Palais Liechtenstein
Vienna
telnet://moo.hawaii.edu:9999 for a moo event mirroring Vienna
(try to arrive before the performance starts)
http://www.oudeis.org/MMK for information, animations & sound
THE PROJECT:
Oudeis - a world wide odyssey
Theater in progress, that makes use of the internet as both a tool for
collaborative development and as a performance space.
THE TITLE:
Among Immortals: Oudeis, an Internet Odyssey
A BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
On June 26th 1997, The Sala Terrena of Palais Liechtenstein will become the
hall of Olympian Zeus, a place of joyous festivity surrounded by the
oceanic waves of the Internet. On this occasion, the world-wide oudeis
team will gather together in virtual space for the creation of a global
theatrical production of part of Homer's Odyssey. Using the medium of the
Internet, translations of Homer's words in German will be sent into virtual
space and come back as a multilingual translation framed by original
musical compositions as the story of Odysseus, his wanderings, his
companions and his opponents are created and presented. During the course
of the evening, the audience will be invited to participate and influence
this act of collaborative creation that will also serve to introduce
Argentinean composer Santiago Pereson, Austrian costume designer Ulli Noe, American playwright L.H. Grant, and members of the world-wide team (including Jim Terral from B.C., Dan Zellner from Chicago, Georg Leyrer from Vienna, and Andrew Garton from Melbourne) in a performance conceived by L.H. Grant and Monika Wunderer.
For those attending via ATHEMOO, telnet to ATHEMOO a half hour or so before the performance begins. @go oudeis to meet members of the team. At the time of the performance, we will go to the Schweller Theatre for a mirror event of the live performance in Vienna. I recommend that you simultaneously connect to the website, as you will be directed there for a portion of the event. Following the performance, we will return to the oudeis ship for a discussion.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
I encourage everyone to take the time to visit the oudeis homepage and set aside the appropriate time on the 26th to attend this world-wide theatrical event.
With warm aloha,
Juli Burk, ATHEMOO ArchWiz