DIGITAL SCENOGRAPHY - outline and registration details

June 30th - July 1st 2000

The University of Kent at Canterbury
web pages at www.ukc.ac.uk/sdfva/kidds/ds

A conference exploring the use of computer visualisation and virtual 
reality in the process of designing for performance, and in the 
performance event itself.

Is the computer an aid to liberating scenographic creativity, an 
efficient device to assist the production process, or an alienating 
frustration?

In what way is the design for a production developed with the aid of 
a computer different from one developed with conventional approaches?

How can digital and virtual worlds in the rehearsal room help 
directors and actors?

Does the use of virtual reality environments, projected in the 
performance itself, challenge the conventional role of design?

Is this a scenography for the 21st century, or an interesting 
diversion?
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The conference will coincide with a production of A Midsummer Night's 
Dream, integrating live actors with projected VR worlds, staged by 
the Drama Department and overseen by Mark Reaney.  Directed by 
Josephine Le Grice.

The conference will address a  range of issues arising from the use 
of digital visualisation technologies in scenography and theatre 
making. Papers will explore applications from early rehearsal to 
final performance, and will engage with the theory, practice and 
critical implications of the work.  There will also be an exhibition 
of work that has used digital technologies to assist in the 
production of designs for the stage.

Conference organiser: Gavin Carver for The Kent Interactive Digital 
Design Studio.

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We are grateful for the support given to this conference by The 
School of Drama Film and Visual Arts at the University of Kent and 
The Festival Group.

Please visit the conference web pages at 
www.ukc.ac.uk/sdfva/kidds/ds/ for further information and on line 
booking.

REGISTRATION

Registration fee (exc. accommodation)		£55

Student fee (UG or PG, exc. accommodation)	£25

speaker fee (exc. accom)                        £10

The fee includes a ticket to the Friday evening performance of A 
Midsummer Nights Dream and a buffet dinner before the performance.  
Should you have any special dietary requirements please enclose 
details with your registration.  If you do not wish to attend the 
performance deduct £5.

Full details and a map will be sent upon receipt of your registration 
form.

ACCOMMODATION

Because the conference is taking place in term time we are unable to 
offer campus accommodation.

Thus either:

Ask us to book a you a room in a local hotel  near the campus @ £45 
per night for bed and breakfast.  We will the arrange accommodation 
and send the details of the hotel on to you.  Please note on your 
registration if you wish us to book you a room and indicate dates.

or

Mail me or visit the web site for a list of local accommodation and 
make arrangements yourself - probably cheaper.  

TO REGISTER EITHER:

use the attached form (doc) and return to the conference organiser: 
Gavin Carver, Eliot College, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NS 
or return electronically;

visit the web site www.ukc.ac.uk/sdfva/ds for online options;

mail [log in to unmask] and ask for a form to be sent to you.

CONTENT AND SCHEDULE

The content and schedule is still being finalised, for details please 
consult the web pages www.ukc.ac.uk/sdfva/ds which will be updated 
regularly, or mail me to send you hard-copy details.

There will be about 12 papers and presentations, and we are delighted 
to include among our currently confirmed speakers: Mark Reaney 
(Computer Aided Scenography: a state of the art); Mika Tuomola (Drama 
on the Virtual Stage: from networked narrative to inhabiting 
spectacle); Colin Beardon, Steve Dixon (An Introduction to the 
Digital Performance Archive); Chris Dyer (3 Lears in Open Stages); 
Ivor Benjamin (The Virtual Rehearsal); Alex Shelton (Seduced by 
Technology); Colin Johnson (Affectively tunable environments for the 
virtual stage); Richard Downing & Simon Banham (A report on a project 
comparing orthodox and digital approaches to scenography).  
Exhibitors will include: Nathalie Maury, Maria Spahn, Roma Patel.

EXHIBITION SUBMISSIONS
We still have a little space left in the Exhibition, so if you are 
interested in exhibiting relevant work please contact the organiser.


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Gavin Carver
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