Urban space and media space are merging in complex, intriguing and problematic ways, suggesting new forms of personal and collective expression and new production processes. The convergence of media-gathering technologies, Wi-Fi transmission, urban sensing, mobile devices, social computing, and interpretive media databases makes the creation of locative, collective, contextual and engaged media experiences possible. Media-makers become media architects, media works become media systems, and … [Read more...] about Engaged Media Production Workshop
Education
Rhodope International Theatre Laboratory (RITL)
For eight summers, REMAP contributed to a professional residency and conservatory training program in a mythological birthplace of Orpheus and Western theatre & drama on the Greek-Bulgarian border. Based at the Rhodope Drama Theatre (RDT) in Smolyan, Bulgaria, the Lab brought together artists from around the world for intensive training in performance forms and collaborations built around parallels in global mythology. REMAP artist-researchers provided demonstrations and hands-on … [Read more...] about Rhodope International Theatre Laboratory (RITL)
Interactive Multimedia Authoring
This seminar-studio course introduced the concepts and specifics of physically interactive media environments, with an emphasis on how they relate to traditional film, television, theater, and performance art practice. Technologies addressed included sensors, computer-controlled video and sound, databases, networks, and the software used to interconnect them. More recent versions of the course focused on production, though still including theory, discussion, and experimentation. Readings … [Read more...] about Interactive Multimedia Authoring
cheLA
Centro Hipermediatico Experimental Latinoamericano (cheLA) is a research center dedicated to experimentation with converging forms of art and technology, and the potential impact on Latin American cultures. The Center began as a collaboration between Fundación ExACTa of Argentina, the UCLA Program On Digital Cultures, and UCLA REMAP. REMAP artist-researchers have continuously collaborated with cheLA, and with artists in residence at cheLA's complex, such as the aerial performance company Cuerda … [Read more...] about cheLA