Open Call | Virtual Workspace by Alexander Giesche

Synchronizing Times

A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS UNDER THE GENERAL TITLE VIRTUAL WORKSPACES, BECOME A SYMBOLIC, VIRTUAL WORKSPACE FOR ARTISTS TO COMMUNICATE.

The WORKSPACE

"If you know anything about Zoom or its rivals, you probably sensed some fakery immediately. People can’t sing together over video chat. The problem is latency: By the time your voice reaches the other singers’ speakers, the internet has introduced a delay of about half a second.

How can we make this half second productive for us?

All of my projects are a continuous chain reaction, an artistic research with an open outcome. Most of the time, they start from a vague feeling. In preparation for my next production “MOMO,” a visual poem loosely based on Michael Ende’s homonymous children’s novel, I would like to focus on the interplay of asynchronicity and efficiency.

Can we sing together (online)? Can we walk around different cities together? Can we stand still and pause for a moment? Can we save time and resources in connection? How can we be LIVE together if we are all separated for efficiency? Why are we still running behind mails? And what would Cassiopeia, the (robotic) turtle, do? The SYNCHRONIZING TIMES workspace invites you, together with my long-time advisor and Amsterdam-based dramaturg Aukje Verhoog, to look into these questions and initiate a chain reaction of new questions."

-Alexander Giesche

Application deadline: 23 May 2021
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PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Dates: 8, 15, 22 & 29 June 2021 (Tuesdays)

Time: 1:00 pm CET (GMT+2)

Duration: 3 hours each session

Place: ZOOM platform

The sessions will be held in English.

Participation cost for selected active participants: 7 € (Paid to STUDIO teatrgaleria)

There is no charge for observers.

The workspace will be recorded and result possibly with a public show of selected fragments from these recordings.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Application deadline: 23 May 2021

A small group of participants will be selected to take active part in the workspace.
Additionally, a larger group of participants will be selected to observe the workspace.

Applications from artists of all backgrounds and art students are welcome (playwrights, theater directors, visual artists, actors, and dramaturges, among others). Critics and researchers are encouraged to apply as observers as well.

Persons chosen to take part will be notified by 28 May 2021.