AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY

I have just recently discovered a teacher retreat that will be a terrific compliment to my research question activities.  I am in the process of applying and fingers crossed, I will be awarded one of 12 FULLY FUNDED slots.  It takes place in August at Otis College of Art and Design and focuses on 5 days (free room, board and classes) of learning about using media arts.  Participants will learn pre-production, production and post production skills including editing--one of my most feared technological areas.

"This five-day intensive retreat is designed to reinvigorate educators teaching practices while expanding their art and design skill-set through a series of workshops, presentations and field trips. With a cadre of instructors who are experts in their field and access to state of the art facilities, participants will develop and produce a documentary/narrative short video throughout the week."

Unbelievable.  A perfect fit!

Am actually enjoying writing the proposal.  Each student has to give a 20 minute presentation during the 5 days and part of our application must include the title of our presentation.

My title:  Using 21^st Century Multimedia Technology to More Fully Engage Students in the Exploration and Production of Live Theatre

Stay tuned for the outcome..........

HAMLET'S CASTLE

I have signed up for a tour to Hamlet's castle while at the conference.  It is one of the featured extra activities and I am planning to be a total tourist.

Here is a link to the castle website.  Looks grand and maybe (hopefully)  haunted????

http://www.copenhagenet.dk/CPH-Kronborg.htm

LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING EVERYONE ON APRIL 13

I am excited about meeting the other fellows at the event at Disney Hall this coming Wednesday.  Everyone's research question sounds interesting and the combination of perspectives will surely serve to both unite us and heighten our awareness of what is out there to explore.

On another note, I am continuing my quest to learn more about what to expect in Denmark and Sweden.  Have just learned that, according to a British journalist, the Danes are the happiest people on earth.   Will enjoy learning their secret! More to come........

THINKING ABOUT 2 DIMENSIONAL LIFE OF HER

 As I struggle to make a slide show for my current LACHSA project come together, I am thinking of how gratifying it wil be to be able to have the technical skills necessary to infuse my work with the kind of visual elements other artists come by easily.

One of the pieces i will see in Copenhagen is described below.  i can't wait!

"Fleur Elise Noble’s 2 Dimen­sional Life of Her is a per­for­ma­tive screen work par excel­lence… An essay on cre­ativ­ity, con­trol, manip­u­la­tion and ways of see­ing, 2 Dimen­sional Life is witty, tech­ni­cally deft and engross­ing, offer­ing more dimen­sions than its big­ger fes­ti­val coun­ter­parts.“

Keith Gal­lasch, Real Time

Win­ner of the 2010 Green­room Award for Video Design (The­atre — Alter­na­tive and Hybrid cat­e­gory), 2 Dimen­sional Life of Her is a visual per­for­mance made of draw­ing, ani­ma­tion, pup­petry, pro­jec­tion and paper.

Set in an artist’s stu­dio, a richly imag­ined par­al­lel world is awoken where every­thing that was thought to be still or flat becomes some­thing else. Her draw­ings repro­duce them­selves, drift between sur­faces and move in and out of three dimen­sions. She loses con­trol of her cre­ations and absolutely any­thing becomes possible…

Illu­sion­ary, cap­ti­vat­ing and cheeky, 2 Dimen­sional Life of Her won Best in Show in the Under the Radar pro­gram at the Bris­bane Fes­ti­val 2008. This show is 98% visual and runs for 40 min­utes and is suit­able for ages 4 and up.

EXCITED AND LOOKING FORWARD!

I have now booked my conference package, my travel pass, 5 performances, a tour to Hamlet's castle, my hotel and airfare!  The whole trip seems very real and totally exciting.

As I follow the webpage, I can see that the conference is filling up and that more and more participants are signing up everyday.  I am interested to learn who they are, from which countries and from what backgrounds they come.  I can't wait to dialogue with theatre artists from all over the world!  Will investigate and report back

On the food front, just heard an American baker talk about Danish rye and the wide varieties of breads available in Denmark.  Will look forward to sampling those!

TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES

I tried to pay for my conference registration yesterday and kept receiving an error message.  Very frustrating, especially since I have to turn in my updated budget and timeline by Wednesday!

I emailed the conference registration team and they responded, saying there were some internal bugs in their system that should be fixed by now.  Will resume the effort tomorrow, along with looking into booking my flight which I hope will go more smoothly than the first attempt (SAS did not recognize the conference code and would not give me the discount --more on that when it is resolved)

MY FIRST BLOG!

I cannot describe how excited I am to have received this fellowship!  Am in the process of registering for the ASSITEJ conference and am looking forward to spending a whirlwind 9 days in Denmark and Sweden seeing theatre, networking, meeting other theatre artists (and seeing Hamlet's castle).  There are so many exciting productions on the schedule.  My fellowship focus leads me to see an Australian interactive performance piece and several other productions featuring multimedia.  More about these soon.

And of course I can't lie---I am looking forward to eating some delicious Scandinavian food--especially the fish.

Need to book my hotel now.  More later.