DiGiTAL
DRAMATURGY LAB
Grants
2016
Inter-Action/Section. - Performing Technology, Humans and the Politics of In-between.
CDTPS Theatre Committee, 1000 CND.
A participatory workshop-symposium with Natasha Davis (UK), the Toronto Laboratory Theatre (TLT), and Ars Mechanica participated and hosted by the Digital Dramaturgy Lab.
2016
Between Life and Death - Explorations of Zen and Quantum Physics in/with/through Gao Xingjian’s play
CDTPS Theatre Committee, 750 CND.
This is a work in progress. We will present a first idea at the upcoming FOOT Festival "Staging Realities" in February 2016 and take this as a starting point for further development. It is the intention to present this work at the Art Gallery at York University later in 2016 or early 2017.
2015
Play as Game – Spiel als Beute.
Critical Making as Dramaturgical Strategy, a Tool of Digital Learning and Interactive Engageme
July 16-18, 2015 - Stuttgart, Ludwigsburg
Student travel and student research grants, CDTPS, U of T, 2.500 CND
Conference invitation grant, Theatre Academy Ludwigsburg, 2.000 EUR
More info HERE
2015
Stare.Print.Blue. – Performing the Apparatus
International Digifest, 300 CND.
Also supported by th Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance studies with in-kind contributions and assistance from the technical director, Paul Stoesser.
May 7-9, 2015 we performed three 4h shows at Digifest's Pleasure Room which this year had the theme: "Privacy, Money & Pleasure. Living in the 21st Century" More info HERE
2015
Jing@Ju Karaoke - Interactive Queering of Beijing Opera
CDTPS Theatre Committee, U of T. 500 CND.
Performed in Toronto and Buffalo.
More info HERE and HERE
2014
DigiLabs “Mobile Digital Technology Labs”, U of T.
The Provost’s Instructional Technology Innovation Fund (ITIF), U of T 13,434.00 CND
Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, U of T 13,434.00 CND
Digilabs are mobile backpack units that include laptops, cameras, software, sound and recording equipment on the go. They allow students and faculty to work on experimental performance projects in and outside the classroom. This equipment is also crucial for the work in the Voice Exchange Lab and the Performing Software Lab. Needless to say that the Digital Dramaturgy Lab uses the equipment for a wide range of artistic, educational and research activities.
Furthermore, the fund provides money for work-study positions for undergrad and grad students.
Digilab administrator (graduate): Monty Martin (2014-)
Digilab administrator assistant (undergrad): Julia Howman (2015-)
2014
“Stare. Print. Blue. – Voyeuring the Apparatus” to appear at the "Survival" International Festival of the Performing Artsin Berlin, September 2014
2014 Germany/Europe Research and Study Fund, U of T, 6,800 CND
2014 CDTPS Theatre Committee, 500 CND.
After our fabulous international research sAFari (See HERE ) last year we were again awarded funding by the Germany/Europe Fund of the Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto for the following project:
The Digital Dramaturgy Lab (DDL), an interdisciplinary experimental platform, laboratory and network for the study of digital technology and its applications in live performance - a practice-as-research initiative of the Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies at U of T - was invited to showcase its recent durational 4-hour work “Stare. Print. Blue. – Voyeuring the Apparatus” (first presented at 2013 Nuit Blanche in Toronto) at the International Performance Festival “Survival” 2014 in Berlin, organized by Open Space/Volxluxus - a festival, that invites cutting-edge experimental and socially engaged work both for artistic presentation (festival) and critical discussion (symposium).
We will present our work in the first week of September 2014 at "SOMA - space for contemporary art" (Reichenberger Str. Ecke Liegnitzer Str., Berlin-Kreuzberg), supported by the Berlin based South Korean artist Nabi Nara. More info HERE
Furthermore, we were supported with rehearsal space by Theaterhaus Berlin Mitte, where we also participated in their annual showcase "Summer's End" with the participatory workshop "Connectivity/Interactivity. - Inside Stare.Print.Blue, and playing with Butterflies".
Read a reflection about this work by Gwyneth Dobie HERE and HERE
2013
Software for Processbased Exploration of Motion Tracking in Live Performance
(THIS DIDN'T WORK OUT SO FAR BUT WE KEEP THE IDEA FOR THE FUTURE)
Developing software SSHRC small grant. In the context of the collaborating courses "Digital Dramaturgy in Performance" (U of T) and "The Interactive Stage" (York U) software, currently called oDD (Open Digital Dramaturgy) will be developed for students and artists to be used in creative production.
Grant application: Don Sinclair (Digital Media Program, York U.) and Antje Budde (Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, U of T)
2013
“Digital Performance Dramaturgies and Globalization - Reality/Virtuality/Intermediality, In-betweeness and the Politics of Theatrical Aesthetics”
Germany/Europe Research and Study Fund, U of T, 10.900 CND.
Travel grant for five students and a senior researcher funded by the Germany/European Research and Study Fund of the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto and the Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, U of T.
For more information go HERE