
For the theater the Internet is virgin territory;
therefore the whole production will be characterized by experiment. The
process, in which the project is constantly developing towards a presentation
on stage, is an essential part of the whole performance, should be made
transparent for the audience long before the actual staging of the play.
The greater part of the work for the production of the presentation
itself will have to be invested in experiments and rehearsals, as there
is little experience in working with virtual spaces interconnected with
each other in a network and because the use of the Net for theater purposes
is unprecedented. Therefore, it seemed logical to continuously document
thie evolution from the first tests to the first night on stage and to
make the process itself visible as an integral part of the project from
the very beginning of testing and rehearsing.
The visualization of this work in progress as part of the performance
saves the work invested even in case of unpredictable breakdowns, thus
making the whole process a piece of art in its own right regardless of
the success or failure in other parts of the project. Above all, this approach
makes it possible to demonstrate the flexibility and the newness of the
media and the technologies involved.
Already three weeks before the actual performance we would like to
show our audience some ,results" of the work in progress - as to say:
open rehearsals!
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