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Total Dik!

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posted on 2023-05-25, 12:52 authored by Delbridge, MJ, McGowan, L, MacDonald, T, Kohn, C, Sibthorpe, N
Total Dik! is a collaborative project between the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and Queensland Theatre Company (QTC). Total Dik! explores transmedia storytelling in live performance from concept development to delivery and builds on works, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, (Forrester2012), Hotel Modern’s Kamp (2005) and God’s Beard (2012) that use visual art, puppetry, music and film. The project’s first iteration enabled an interrogation of the integration of media-rich elements with live performers in a theatrical environment. Performative transmedia storytelling draws on the tenets of convergent media theory developed by Jenkins (2007, 2012), Dena (2010) and Philips (2012). This exploratory work, juxtaposing transmedia storytelling techniques with live performance, draws on Samuel Becket’s challenges to theatre orthodoxy, and touches on Brechtian notions of alienation through ‘sleight-of-hand’ or processual unpacking and deconstruction during performance. Total Dik! blends a convergence of technologies, models, green screen capture, and live dimensions of performance in one narrative allowing the work’s creators to test new combinations of transmedia storytelling techniques on a traditional performance platform.

History

Medium

Live Performance

Department/School

School of Creative Arts and Media

Publisher

Queensland Theatre Company

Event Venue

Queensland Theatre Company

Date of Event (Start Date)

2013-04-01

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Copyright unknown

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

The performing arts

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