Los Atlantis was an experimental stage piece created by J. Ed Araiza (head of UCLA’s MFA acting program), REMAP Director Jeff Burke, and School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT) students. Incorporating immersive projection, online streaming, and participatory theatre techniques, the production created an evolving digital memory of the piece’s location (Los Angeles), as well as of each performance and audience to impact the next.
Los Atlantis followed a small band of travelers as they explored the futuristic Archive of a historical city. Invited to accompany the travelers, the audience could interact with various interfaces to explore and contribute to the Archive’s contents (online at first, and then in-person). During each performance of the run, audience members (in-person and online) were guided through a series of vignettes integrating media from the Archive, with their participation further expanding its holdings.
The project was the first of three Google-supported Future Storytelling research projects to take place at TFT, and was developed in part during the Future Storytelling Studio course (co-taught by Araiza and Burke, 2014-2015). The Archive manifested itself with a physical performance at UCLA, a YouTube channel, a mobile website for the in-person audience (“the Guide”), and a website for the online audience (“the Observatory”).
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television—2014-2015.
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