>First of all I thank Jonny (L. Zyka) for writing down his critics and
>sending them out and I apologize for my long silence.
OK maybe my critic sounds to harsh.
Maybe it has to do with the cultural clash you suffering with Oudeis.
Traditional conservative Theater comes together with new technologies.
My personal view is that I am not interested in simulating traditional
things with new technologies.
>Jonny also reminds us of some unsolved problems in our concept or
>project. (I would avoid speaking of A or ONE concept)
I see this from the point of realization.
I am convinced that ONE concept is necessary for the realization.
There are too many contradictions in all the discussed ideas.
Work in progress is just a verbal excuse not to know what is want.
I think there has been a very long phase gathering ideas which is fine
but it is necessary to set a deadline and decide for ONE concept.
If you are programming you have to know what you want !
There is not enough money and energy to change the concept every day.
Improvisation all the time might be a approach in art but is no way
working with new technology. A good design is necessary and can not be
replaced by diffuse ideas.
>That is being a project that needs effort to be understood and
>asks the audience not to consume only.
All installations are claiming on this.
You have to give the audience to understand what is the nucleus of
the performance. Otherwise it is just some fun for esoteric insiders.
>2 japanese guys how where trying to shoot pictures before the curtain
>closed
We all know that japanese are making pictures from everything to make
it better next year...
>You are right if ars electronica is still a 5 days event for an Elite where
>people are mainly presenting themselves and their little toys.
Yes unfortunately it is. It is going more and more into this direction.
The print media was also expressing this clearly.
>Would you think that this years festival was different from formers, were
>I attended most of the stuff ... and ...
Yes I think it was the weakest ARS since the last 6 years.
It was a collecting of things from the last years.
Also it looks like the things which are really happening are moveing
into the net which means they are disappearing in RL.
Half of the design center looks like all the boring computershows.
I dont need a festival to sit on computer terminals.
The technology/social gap is getting bigger.
>I strongly agree with the missing dramaturgy in oudeis of course,
>about the technical points you mentioned (RA etc) I think that those
>really need to be discussed more carefully.
In one of the last mails I got again the suggestion of Real Video...
This looks like an endless recurrence to me.
>and that has to be done in between the whole team!!
>between people who know what they want from theater AND what they want
>from technology.
YES tell us what you want from technology !
regards, Jonny
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