PMA 3841

Immersive Performance: Investigating the Experiential

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

The course traces the history and innovation of the Immersive Theatre Movement. These 21st century projects eliminate "the stage" as the primary location for performance to prioritize more experiential interactive audience engagements- with live-ness and active participation as fundamental goals. Working as collaborative think tank, students will engage, explore and specify examples set by artists such as Kara Walker, RA Walden, Coco Fusco and Marina Abramovics and Tania El Khoury evoking and expanding the definitions of experiential. They will examine the work of companies such as PIEHOLE, PUNCHDRUNK (SLEEP NO MORE), THIRD RAIL PROJECTS (THEN SHE FELL) and EN GARDE ARTS, SPEAKEASY DOLLHOUSE companies seeking to re-create the relationship between performer and spectator focusing on sensory engagement, visceral engagement and accessible spectacle  a variety of approach to stimulate and reawaken performativity - expanding theatre towards  multimedia applications, AR/VR and also solo interactive and site specific processes intended to surprise startle and instigate.

When Offered Fall.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: PMA 2100 or PMA 2800 or PMA 3750 or Design Studio.

Distribution Category (ALC-AS) (CA-AG, LA-AG)
Course Subfield (AU, EP)

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