Day 1 | JULY 1
10:00am-10:20am Introductions
10:20am-12:05pm Workshop Alt-Frameworks: Intro to Story, Body, and Media I
In this workshop, elements of 8 beat story structure, viewpoints, and audiovisual systems will be used to generate short collaborative performances.
Teaching Artists:
- Billy Clark | Artistic Director, CultureHub
- Mia Yoo | Artistic Director, La MaMa
- Lindsey Daniels | Creative Technologist
- John King | Composer
12:15pm-2:00pm Workshop Digital Embodiment – Avatar Puppeteering
In this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to work in social VR platforms and to learn techniques on how to embody and manipulate digital avatars on both virtual and real stages.
Teaching Artists:
- Krzysztof Garbaczewski | Director, Dream Adoption Society
- Anastasiia Vorobiova | 3D Artist
2:00pm-3:00pm Lunch BREAK
3:00pm-5:00pm INTERNATIONAL SCREENINGS & LONG TABLE DISCUSSION
A selection of highlights from CultureHub and La MaMa’s Downtown Variety, an online live performance series that features short acts of dance, music, theater, new media, comedy, and A/V performance from artists around the globe followed by Long Table Discussion about digital strategies for fostering solidarity and creative resilience.
Co-hosted by:
Mattie Barber-Bockelman | CultureHub Producing Director | Iris Yujin Jeong, CultureHub LA Director | Andrea Paciotto, CultureHub Europe Director, Dianing Ratri, CultureHub Bandung
Artists: TBA
5:00PM-7:00PM Work session / Hack-a-thon
Participants work in small interdisciplinary teams to devise story-driven short-form works that combine theatre and new media to be presented live, online on the final day.
7:00pm-8:00pm Dinner BREAK
8:00pm-9:00pm International Screenings REPRISE & LIVE DISCUSSION
A reprise of the highlights from CultureHub and La MaMa’s Downtown Variety for the local live audience, followed by a live discussion about digital strategies for fostering solidarity and creative resilience with present artists.
Day 2 | JULY 2
10:00am-11:30am Workshop Alt-Frameworks: Elements of Story, Body, and Media II
In this workshop, participants will work with custom designed software patches, projection, and various sensors to develop interactive media landscapes for their collaborative performances.
Teaching Artists
- Billy Clark | Artistic Director, CultureHub
- Mia Yoo | Artistic Director, La MaMa
- Lindsey Daniels | Creative Technologist
- John King | Composer
11:30am-11:45am Break
11:45am-12:45pm Workshop Processing Live Movement and Video with Hydra
In this workshop, participants will be introduced to the open-source browser-based tool Hydra and will use physical movement and live video feeds to manipulate and create interactive visual effects.
Teaching Artist
- Olivia Jack | Media Artist & Software Developer
1:00pm-2:00pm Lunch BREAK
2:00pm-5:00pm WORK SESSION / HACK-A-THON
Participants work in small interdisciplinary teams to devise story-driven short-form works that combine theatre and new media to be presented live, online on the final day.
5:00pm-6:00pm Share
Participants will share brief sketches from the hack-a-thon working session
5:30-7:00 Dinner break
7:00pm-8:30pm International Live Performances and Long Table Discussion
A series of short live performances in person from Belgrade and telematically by connecting to the CultureHub studio in New York followed by an International Long Table Discussion on mediated and technologically informed performance in the pandemic era. Performers include Olivia Jack, John King, Krzysztof Garbaczewski, Shauna Davis, Zeljko Maksimovic, Marija Kovacina in Belgrade, and Tiri Kananuruk in New York.
Co-hosted by:
Mattie Barber-Bockelman | CultureHub Producing Director | Iris Yujin Jeong, CultureHub LA Director | Andrea Paciotto, CultureHub Europe Director, Dianing Ratri, CultureHub Bandung
Artists: TBA
Day 3 | JULY 3
10:00am-1:00pm WORK SESSION / HACK-A-THON
Participants work in small interdisciplinary teams to devise story-driven short-form works that combine theatre and new media to be presented live, online on the final day.
1:00pm-2:00pm Lunch BREAK
2:00pm-6:00pm Tech Rehearsal
Participants work with the CultureHub team to prepare their performances for the livestream.
6:00pm-7:00pm Break
7:00-8:00pm Work sessions / Hack-a-thon Public Share
A livestream featuring the work developed during the CultureHub Belgrade Convening Hack-a-thon followed by a Q&A with the participants