PRESS RELEASE
World Premiere of the Connected performance “See You in Walhalla”
September 14, 2006
Amorphy.org-Athens, Interspace- Sofia, Waag Society- Amsterdam and
Interaktions Labor Gottelborn are proud to present the world
premiere of “See you in Walhalla,” a distributed live performance
connecting three cities; Amsterdam, Athens and Sofia.
This multi-media dance/theatre project, collaboratively created by
artists and designers from four different European countries presents
the unusual journey of a video game “avatar” through a haunted
urban industrial landscape composed of digital fragments from
diffferent cities in Europe.
The audience is invited to witness the exciting premiere on one of
the three locations in Athens, Amsterdam or Sofia. The first live 3D
computer game enacted by three dis/located performers simultaneously,
with Ermira Goro playing the “avatar” on location in Athens, while
Nancy Mauro-Flude and Ivaylo Dimitrov are streamed via web-cams into
the game but are located respectively in Amsterdam and Sofia, and
watched by local audiences in those cities. At the same time, “See
you in Walhalla” can be witnessed live on the Internet, where online
players can log on to offer their comments and reactions to the
performance/game.
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Logistics:
Date: September 14th, 2006
Time: 21:00 (Athens/Sofia) & 20:00 (Amsterdam)
Info: www.amorphy.org/imap
Locations:
Athens/Greece (Πολιτιστικο Κεντρο Ελληνικος
Κοσμος,
Πειραιως 254 - Kτιριο 5)
Amsterdam/Netherlands
(Waag Society, Nieuwmarkt 4, Amsterdam)
Sofia, Bulgaria
(Red House for Culture & Debate,
15 Ljuben Karavelov Street, Sofia)
Development History
With funding support of the European Culture 2000 Framework Program,
the project development of “See you in Walhalla” began in
September 2005, and after extensive filming on location and digital
choreography and computer programming workshops in the various
partner sites , the new work will be shown as a live networked
performance on September 14th, 2006 in Amsterdam, Athens, and Sofia.
The collaborative project, implemented through a trans-European
network of four participating media art organizations, is dedicated
to fostering new and innovative works of art through effective
integration of interactive technologies and live performance practices.
Waag Society | Floor v Spaendonck | Nieuwmarkt 4 | 1012 CR Amsterdam
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