>At 01:39 -0800 13/12/97, L.H. Grant wrote:
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>>LIGHT CONES -
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>well... my opinion here is that i like the concept a lot (er... the concept
>of having a virtual actor, whatever virtual might mean). i don't know if
>the cones are the right choice for VAs or not. some lights (Varilites and
>similar 'moving' things) seem to have some life to them, but i guess that
>would be lost if they are standing almost still as i imagine they would be
>if we follow the chessboard idea. but this problem is a problem of the
>chessboard layout, not of the cones. if we were to do a play in which the
>spatial relation between actors is not traditional (i.e. an actor speaks to
>someone or something that he is not facing but is behind him, above him,
>under him or something like that), i guess the cones would fit perfectly.
>we could 'map' the real locations of an actor on one stage to any place on
>another stage, and the cone would be moving in an almost 'random' kind of
>way. but we know (and the audience should know also) that that light flying
>from ceiling to wall is following an actor. but then i guess all of you
>know my tastes (this kind of thing would be somehow similar to the choros'
>'controlled-randomness')...
Read Cat's mail + no test of our own + absence of resources.
Maybe we should mount flashlights on trained dogs...Odysseus could be an
Airedale, Circe a Poodle, and Polyphemos a Great Dane.
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>>*Global venues (RLs).
Two years, no venues...not even Vienna...suggestions?
>>*Assembled text from Cook's translation.
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>just my opinion here: i'd prefer going on with Homer's words.
Then contact the publisher and secure the rights.
>
>>*Choros.
>
>any doubts? i'm all set... when's the performance? <g>
Santiago, I think your compositions are great! But, for over twenty years,
Television audiences have been given clickers to make important decisions
such as should Debbie pick bachelor number 1, 2, or 3, etc., etc. In the
last ten years some Hollywood movies and cinemas have allowed audiences to
choose from a variety of endings by the use of clickers (the movie CLUE,
for instance). While the music is great, this idea of how the choros is
supposed to be selected by the audience is not new to the world of culture
and really doesn't add much conceptionually. Furthermore, there is a group
based in Salzburg called "State of the Art" that goes well beyond this in
that they allow the virtual audience (computer users in the NET) to
actually manipulate in real-time this multimedia tower they have
constructed. Given the absence of money, staff and time, the question is,
what do we want to pursue? What is worth pursuing? Do not misunderstand
me, I think the most important aspect of the choros is the music and in my
opinion that would of course remain if oudeis were to go forward.
I guess one of the problems of oudeis is that we may have lost sight of
reality in our quest for the virtual.
Lee