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10:00–13:00 · Workshop

“Real Time Scenography”English

Led by Nicole Chufi, audiovisual artist and experiential designer, Brazil

From physical blocks to projected worlds. Participants collaboratively develop a scenographic concept around a shared theme, working as a group or in small teams. Using simple white modular blocks, they build a physical set, exploring composition, scale, rhythm and space. Nicole Chufi, an audiovisual artist and experiential designer working across scenography, projection and real time media, then guides the group in translating the physical scene into a digital world, using AI and TouchDesigner to sketch visual ideas and develop projections. Rather than focusing on learning the software, the tools are used as part of an art direction and scenographic process, and she shows how physical spaces can become living digital environments through projection, AI and TouchDesigner. The final step brings everything together: the digital imagery is mapped onto the physical construction and activated in real time, transforming the set into a living projected environment.

What to expect

• An introduction to tools such as TouchDesigner, projection mapping and AI
• Use cases and short demos
• A live experiment moving through the steps Imagine, Build, Sketch, Map and Activate

Who it’s for

Scenographers, light and set designers; producers, artistic leaders and managers; artists working with movement, sound, visuals or space; performers, actors and dancers; and anyone interested in combining performance with digital scenography.

What to bring

• Your laptop (instructions will be shared prior to workshop)
• Comfortable clothes
• Openness to experiment and collaborate

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14:00–15:00 · Demo and discussion

“At the Speed of Light” – Real-Time Transmission in Music and Performing ArtsEnglishSwedish

Where: Teater 3, Riksteatern, Hallunda · Participants: Filip Alexanderson, writer, director and actor; Ian Plaude, Principal, Stockholm Institute of Music Education (SMI); Mårten Fröjdö, Project Manager, Remote North; Peter Hägerstrand, artist, creator of SJÖGRÄS; Ann-Cathrine Fröjdö-Brandt, Project Manager and Producer, Riksteatern

Do you want to know how ultra-fast connections can add a whole new dimension to creativity, experiences, and productions?

Join us for an event where you can learn about low-latency technology and follow an exciting work-in-progress: SJÖGRÄS, a newly written multimedia performance concert. In collaboration with the EU project ACROSS and its partners: the Nordic Institute in Åland (NIPÅ), Riksteatern, the Åland Music Institute, and SMI (Stockholm University College of Music Education).

“Low-latency” technology makes it possible to create a sense of stage presence and real-time interaction over long distances without delay. How can this technology drive creative work forward and make performing arts accessible, whether you are in a city, a rural area, or the archipelago? It opens up entirely new possibilities for bringing together artists, musicians, dancers, technicians, and producers. Through the EU-funded Nordic projects ANSEL and ACROSS, we are developing new performing arts formats that increase participation, accessibility, and democracy within the cultural sector.

What to expect

Demonstrations and discussions on:

• Virtual and hybrid concerts: real-time co-creation from different locations around the world with minimal latency, opening doors to international collaborations
• Innovative performing arts: a sense of total presence across long distances, without lag. Discover how advanced digital effects create unforgettable experiences
• Interactive audience experiences: how real-time digital transmission engages audiences in new ways through augmented reality (AR) and audience-controlled scenography

Who is this for?

Performing artists, producers, artistic directors, musicians, sound engineers, music educators, and anyone curious about how technology can drive creative innovation. Whether you work in traditional performing arts, teach music, or are exploring the boundaries of digital productions.

Photo: Chrisander Brun

14:00–16:00 · Workshop

“Att möta en robot, utifrån verket Imago Dei” (Meeting a Robot, based on the work Imago Dei)Swedish

Led by Robin Jonsson, choreographer and artist, Sweden

What happens when a robot enters the stage? How can VR change the relationship between performer and audience? And how can technology become more than a technical effect, and instead influence choreography, dramaturgy and presence? In this hands on workshop, choreographer and artist Robin Jonsson introduces different ways of working with robotics and digital technology in the performing arts. The main focus is on humanoid robots, drawing on Robin’s long term artistic work with NAO robots, alongside examples from VR, motion capture and interactive technologies. Participants look at examples from Robin’s own performances and discuss both artistic possibilities and practical challenges: what can a robot actually do, how do you rehearse with one, and how can technology become a performer, partner or choreographic material rather than simply a tool? Participants meet and experiment directly with a humanoid robot and develop short ideas or situations together, combining presentation, demonstration, discussion and practical experimentation.

What to expect

• An introduction to using robotics in performing arts
• Case studies and examples of performance with media integration
• Short demos of interactive scenes

Who it’s for

Artists and performers, choreographers and directors, producers, artistic leaders and curators, scenographers and technicians, and anyone curious about bringing robotics, VR or interactive technology into live performance. No previous technical experience is required.

What to bring

Curiosity and an idea, question or challenge related to technology and performance. No technical equipment or previous experience is required.

Photo: Marika Hedemyr

14:00–16:00 · Workshop

“Från scen till stad: att producera Mixed Reality i offentliga rum genom verket Ashes to Ashes”Swedish

Led by Marika Hedemyr, Sweden

How do you produce, present and tour a performance that takes place in the middle of the city and is experienced through the audience’s own mobile phones? In this workshop, Marika Hedemyr gives insight into the artistic, practical and organisational questions that arise when public space becomes stage space and digital technology becomes part of the theatrical experience. Drawing on Ashes to Ashes, an award winning mixed reality walk for cemeteries, she shares experience from co productions with museums, art halls and performing arts institutions. The workshop is aimed at producers, artistic leaders, curators and stage managers who want to understand what it takes to develop, present and tour site specific XR productions, touching on questions of technology choice, audience experience, accessibility, site adaptation, partnerships and production in public settings. Through concrete examples, lessons learned from both successes and setbacks, and an excerpt from Ashes to Ashes, participants get a practical introduction to AR, MR and XR as performing arts formats, along with insights, tools and questions to take into their own productions and collaborations.

What to expect

• Artistic, practical and production experience from creating and presenting mixed reality works in public space
• Concrete examples and lessons from Ashes to Ashes and other site specific XR productions
• Insight into the choices that arise when the city becomes the stage and the audience’s phone becomes part of the work
• An introduction to AR, MR and XR from a performing arts perspective
• Short demonstrations from a mixed reality walk
• Experience of co production, touring and collaboration with museums, art halls and performing arts institutions

Who it’s for

Producers, artistic leaders, curators and stage managers (main target group), and anyone interested in producing and presenting performances for public space that combine performance with interactive technology.

What to bring

A phone and headphones, the free app Meadow (available on the App Store and Google Play), outdoor clothes and an umbrella, as part of the workshop takes place outside.

Photo: Luca Del Pia

11:00–13:00 · Workshop

“VR and Immersive Performing Arts, based on the work The Garden Says”English

Led by Marieke Breyne and Sara Vilardo, Denmark / Belgium

This session gives you a detailed insight into the creative process behind The Garden Says, a work that combines VR and interactive performance. Alongside a sharing of the process’s struggles and joyful findings, you are invited to reflect on your own experience of combined media, from any perspective or role you hold, and to share your story with others. The session has a specific focus on the dramaturgy of an immersive experience and the artistic research question “how can humans meet?” You will be invited on short performative journeys that enable meetings.

What to expect

• Personal testimony of working with VR and performance
• Meeting others and their stories, with shared reflection and investigation
• Short journeys where a meeting might emerge
• Hands on experience testing and learning more about the VR technology used in the production, with practical insight into how it functions on stage

Who it’s for

Producers, artistic leaders, curators and stage managers (main target group); scenographers, light and set designers; artists working with movement, sound, visuals or space; performers, actors and dancers; and anyone interested in combining performance with media and interactive technology.

What to bring

• Something to write
• Something particular, smaller than your thumb
• Openness to shared reflection and conversation (in smaller groups)

Photo: MMMAD festival

14:00–16:00 · Workshop

“Light in the dark, en performance lecture. Biofeedback och sensorer som navelsträng, ven och protes.”Swedish

Led by Paloma Madrid, Sweden, read about her performance at MMMAD Festival, Madrid

This performance lecture explores biofeedback and sensor technology as extensions of the body, as umbilical cord, vein and prosthesis. Using a Pocket SCÍON biofeedback device, Paloma Madrid sonifies a living plant in real time, revealing the electrical pulses of other living beings as sound. Alongside it, a TouchMe (Playtronica) device turns human touch itself into sound, inviting a playful, tactile exchange between bodies. Two dancers and facilitators lead the live experiment: one plays with TouchMe, using skin to skin contact to trigger sound together with audience members, while the other interacts with the Pocket SCÍON and the plant, coaxing sound from its quiet electrical pulses. The two soundscapes weave together in the room, blurring the line between body, plant and machine. Alongside this live sonification, documentation from an outdoor performance created in Spain is shown, connecting the intimate, meditative black box setting with the open landscape where the original work took place. The session moves between demonstration, embodied experimentation and quiet, meditative, playful listening, inviting participants to reconsider where the boundary between body, technology and environment actually lies.

What to expect

• An introduction to biofeedback devices, sensors and sonification as tools for performance
• A case study of an outdoor performance in Spain and its transposition into a black box setting
• Live demos with a Pocket SCÍON biofeedback device and a TouchMe touch based MIDI controller
• A live, playful experiment where participants try both technologies themselves

Who it’s for

Producers, artistic leaders, curators and stage managers (main target group); technicians; scenographers, light and set designers; artists working with movement, sound, visuals or space; performers, actors and dancers; and anyone interested in combining performance with media and interactive technology.

What to bring

Openness to experiment, touch and collaborate playfully. No laptop needed.