helen varley jamieson : unseating the networked audience


abstract keywords proposal cv networked writing samples		unseating the networked audience a proposal by helen varley jamieson for a chapter in networked: a (networked book) about (networked art)
		abstract unseating the networked audience explores the opportunities opened up to artists and audiences through the medium of networked performance, and ushers in the concept of the 'intermedial audience' as a new approach to artist-audience and audience-audience relationships in the networked environment. The chapter is divided into three sections: a contextual background to the evolving role of the audience in performance and theatre; an analysis of the audience's role and responses in different forms of networked performance; and the 'intermedial audience' as a way to approach to the complexities of the audience in networked performance. Examples of recent works, artists and technologies are presented in pop-up windows that can be accessed from appropriate places in the chapter. An accompanying online forum is suggested as a means to facilitate discussion and further contributions around the ideas presented in the chapter. Read the full proposal.
		keywords performance, networked performance, cyberformance, audience, intermedial audience, participation, agency, collaboration, avatars, embodiment, storytelling, virtual worlds, open source, presence, liveness, telepresence, mobile phones, CCTV
helen varley jamieson 2 blucher avenue newtown, wellington 6021 aotearoa/new zealand +64 4 934 9605 (h) +64 21 023 92928 (m) www.creative-catalyst.com helen@creative-catalyst.com		networked writing samples www.creative-catalyst.com This site draws the diverse strands of my life - creative, professional and personal - into a readable collection that is easy to navigate for those looking for something specific, and yet possible to get lost in for those wanting to dawdle. It includes links to my Furtherfield blog and sites that I maintain including UpStage, Avatar Body Collision and the Magdalena Project. Wikipedia contributions by Frock Articles I have written for Wikipedia: Furtherfield; UpStage; The Magdalena Project; Odin Teatret. Articles I have contributed to: Cyberformance; Second Life; MUD; MOO; Internet Art. Trip The Light Fantastic Trip The Light Fantastic is "a journal of a great meeting that never happened", by Avatar Body Collision. This collectively-authored blog tells the imagined story of the first-ever meeting of the four members of Avatar Body Collision on a road trip through scenic Taranaki, New Zealand to the the SCANZ residency. For two weeks, we maintained the fiction that Karla (London) and Leena (Helsinki) were with Helen and Vicki at SCANZ. As well as the four Colliders blogging, others contributed to the comments and one was inspired to set up a supplementary blog; in RL, many of the other artists at SCANZ joined in the performance by commenting on the blog, and reporting sightings of and text messages from Karla and Leena. The blog also documents the activities of the SCANZ residency.