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The Roman Forum Project 2003
Virtual Live 2002
The Roman Forum 2000
Birth of the Christ Child 1999
Still Lies Quiet Truth 1998
Silent Orpheus 1997
Orpheus 1997
The White Whale 1997
SLQT 1996
The Candide Campaign
Gutter City 1995
LittleHamlet 1995
The Cake of the Desert 1996
The Cake of the Desert 1995
I Object 1995
Christmas 1994
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Demotic 2004/2006 |
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| INFORMATION
"Demotic" was a mixed reality performance work was produced in a workshop version in 2004 at the Beall Center for Art + Technology, UC Irvine, and then saw full production at the Baltimore Theatre Project in 2006. |
DATE
November 2006 March 2004 |
ONLINE PERFORMERS
Ursula Endlicher Antoinette LaFarge Lise Patt Richard Smoley Heather Wagner Ellen Warkentine STAGE ARTISTS Tracey A. Leigh Maria de los Angeles Esteves Jeff Ridenour Directors: Antoinette LaFarge (online) Robert Allen (stage) |
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The Roman Forum Project |
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"The Roman Forum Project" (Roman Forum 2) was performed at the Beall Center for Art + Technology, UC Irvine. It was a mixed reality performance work. The performances were streamed live to the Internet. |
DATE
March 2003 |
ONLINE CAST
Marlena Corcoran = Poppaea.Sabina Joe Ferrari = Quintus.Roscius Richard Foerstl = Cicero Antoinette LaFarge = Pretorian_Guard Lise Patt = Germania.Servius Richard Smoley = Petronius.Arbiter GALLERY CAST Alan Goodson = Quintus Roscius Kevin Keaveney = Petronius.Arbiter David Moo = Marcus Tullius Cicero Kim Weild = Germania Servius Helen Wilson = Poppaea Sabina Directors: Antoinette LaFarge (online) Robert Allen (stage) |
Virtual Live |
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| INFORMATION
This preview for "The Roman Forum Project" (Roman Forum 2) was hosted by the gallery Location One, New York. "Virtual Live" featured live performances in the gallery mixed with video environments and streamed to the Internet simultaneously with a live online improvisation and an open online forum on virtual performance. |
DATE
Jan. 19, 2002 |
ONLINE CAST
Marlena Corcoran = Poppaea.Sabina Joe Ferrari = Quintus.Roscius Richard Foerstl = Cicero Antoinette LaFarge = Pretorian_Guard Lise Patt = Germania.Servius Richard Smoley = Petronius.Arbiter GALLERY CAST Kevin Keaveney = Petronius.Arbiter David Moo = Cicero Directors: Antoinette LaFarge (MOO) Robert Allen (Location One) |
The Roman Forum | ||
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This hybrid online/offline theatrical event focusing on the 2000 U.S. presidential election took place both on YINMOO at UC-Irvine and at Side Street Live in downtown Los Angeles. It ran during the week of the Democratic National Convention, and performances responded to unfolding events of the campaign and the convention. The June performance, entitled "The Coronation of Poppaea" was sponsored by Friedrich Wilhelms Universitaet and took place as part of the "Global Brain--Bonner Wissenchaftsnacht" in Bonn, Germany, where it was seen by live projection. |
DATES
June 30, 2000 (MOO/Bonn, Germany) Aug. 11, 2000 (MOO/Side Street Live) Aug. 14, 2000 (MOO/Side Street Live) Aug. 15, 2000 (MOO/Side Street Live) Aug. 16, 2000 (MOO/Side Street Live) Aug. 17, 2000 (MOO) Aug. 18, 2000 (Side Street Live) Aug. 19, 2000 (Side Street Live) Aug. 20, 2000 (Side Street Live) |
ONLINE CAST
Marlena Corcoran = Poppaea.Sabina Joe Ferrari = Quintus.Roscius Richard Foerstl = Cicero Antoinette LaFarge = Pretorian_Guard Lise Patt = Germania.Servius Richard Smoley = Petronius.Arbiter STAGE CAST Kevin Keaveney = Petronius.Arbiter Daniel Lynch Millner = Quintus.Roscius David Moo = Cicero Elizabeth Nafpaktitis = Germania.Servius Helen Wilson = Poppaea.Sabina Directors: Antoinette LaFarge (MOO) Robert Allen (Side Street Live) |
Birth of the Christ Child | ||
| INFORMATION
This performance in celebration of the millenniumtook place on YINMOO at UC-Irvine and was hosted by the Munich Medienforum, where it was seen by live projection. |
DATE
Dec. 15, 1999 |
CAST
Marlena Corcoran = First.Angel, Three.Dead.Men Ursula Endlicher = Sibyl, Kindergardeners Joe Ferrari = Recording Angel Richard Foerstl = Shepherds, Isaiah Antoinette LaFarge = Smoking Angel, XDD Lise Patt = Satan Director: Marlena Corcoran |
Still Lies Quiet Truth | ||
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This play adaptation of The Candide Campaign was staged with 6 actors and included live projections from IDMOO. It was inaugurated for the 1998 New York International Fringe Festival and repeated for the 1998 New York Digital Salon. The script of this play is not available online, but it is very closely based on a related poem, "SLQT", which is archived here. |
DATES
August 19, 22 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 1998 November 13 + 14, 1998 |
CAST
Melissa Phipps = History-Herself, Reporter, Spectator Megan Welch = Monkey-General Kevin Keaveney = Baron-Samedi Giovanni Pucci = Candide David Heckel = Reporter, Spectator Erika Larson = Reporter, Spectator adaptation by: Antoinette LaFarge directed by: Robert Allen sound design: Joe Ferrari |
Silent Orpheus | ||
| INFORMATION
This performance in the Orpheus series took place on the international Day Without Art. The performance took place on IDMOO, hosted by the School of Visual Arts, NY, and was seen by by simultaneous projection at the Video Wall at 55 Broad St., New York, and at the Institute of Cultural Inquiry, Santa Monica. After the performance there was an open online discussion with the Plaintext Players about the performance. |
DATE
Dec. 1, 1997 |
CAST
Cathy Caplan Marlena Corcoran Joe Ferrari Lise Patt Director: Antoinette LaFarge |
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Orpheus | ||
| INFORMATION
"Orpheus: Sono la Musica (I am the Music)" inaugurated the Orpheus series at documenta X. This performance took place online and was seen on 3 monitors and projected on 2 walls at documenta X. A complete transcript of "Orpheus: I Am the Music" is archived here. |
DATE
July 26, 1997 |
CAST
Cathy Caplan = Eurydice, Maenad#3 Marlena Corcoran = Orpheus Joe Ferrari = Zeus, maryMaenad Lise Patt = Hades Director: Antoinette LaFarge |
The White Whale | ||
| INFORMATION
Inaugurated for the Venice Biennale, this series took place online, on PMC MOO. |
DATES
June 8, 1997 June 9, 1997 June 12, 1997 |
CAST
Marlena Corcoran = Herman Joe Ferrari = Reporter Richard Foerstl = Ishmael Lise Patt = Monkey-General Heather Wagner = White Whale Antoinette LaFarge = History-Herself Director: Antoinette LaFarge |
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The Candide Campaign | ||
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This series took place as part of the "Password Ferdydurke" show at Postmasters Gallery, NY. The performances took place online, on ID MOO, and were seen offline via live projection in the gallery. A stage play entitled "Still Lies Quiet Truth" was adapted from this series. A poem adapted from this series, "SLQT," is archived here. |
DATES
Oct. 22, 1996: The Candidate Announces
Oct. 30, 1996:
Nov. 5, 1996:
Nov. 8, 1996: |
CAST
Cathy Caplan = howweird Marlena Corcoran = Candide Joe Ferrari = Reporter Lise Patt = Monkey-General Thessy Mehrain = The.Scandal Richard Smoley = Baron.Samedi Heather Wagner = Stage & Guests
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Gutter City | ||
| INFORMATION
This series took place as part of the New York Digital Salon show. The performances took place online, on ID MOO. A complete transcript of the fifth performance in this series, "What Was in That Truth Serum?," is archived here. |
DATES
#1: Nov. 9, 1995 #2: Nov. 14, 1995 #3: Nov. 16, 1995 #4: Nov. 18, 1995 #5: Nov. 21, 1995 #6: Nov. 27, 1995 #7: Nov. 30, 1995 |
CAST
Cathy Caplan = howweird Joe Ferrari = bystander Richard Foerstl = Ishmael Antoinette LaFarge = fate littlebrain = Monkey-General & Guests
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LittleHamlet | ||
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This series took place as part of the London "Blast 4: Bioinformatica" show organized by the X-Art Foundation and the Xavier Lopez Gallery. The performances took place online, on PMC MOO, and were seen offline via live projection in the gallery. |
DATES
#1: Sept. 14, 1995 #2: Sept. 15, 1995 #3: Sept. 20, 1995 #4: Sept. 23, 1995 #5: Sept. 27, 1995 #6: Sept. 30, 1995 #7: Oct. 4, 1995 |
CAST
Cathy Caplan Marlena Corcoran Joe Ferrari Richard Foerstl Lesley Mowat Lorna Smedman Heather Wagner Adrianne Wortzel & Guests
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 Christmas | ||
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All performances of this series took place online, on PMC MOO, except for one (Nov. 1, 1994) that took place on IATH MOO. The last four performances were part of the "Blast 4: Bioinformatica" show at Sandra Gering Gallery in New York and were seen there via live projection. A short radio play based on "Christmas 9" was presented on PseudoRadio's "Art Dirt" show on Aug. 15, 1996; the playscript is archived here. A special performance involving some of the Christmas characters took place in September 1995, as part of the European Media Arts Festival (EMAF). |
DATES
#1: March 1994 #2: April 1994 #3: April 1994 #4: April 1994 #5: Apr. 25, 1994 #6: Apr. 27, 1994 #7: April 1994 #8: Oct. 11, 1994 #9: Oct. 21, 1994 #10: Nov. 1, 1994 #11: Nov. 8, 1994 #12: Nov. 15, 1994 #13: Nov. 22, 1994 #14: Dec. 4, 1994 #15: Dec. 9, 1994 #16: Dec. 10, 1994 #17: Dec. 16, 1994 #18: Dec. 17, 1994 EMAF: Sept. 9, 1995 |
CAST
Robert Allen Joe Ferrari Thessy Mehrain Lesley Mowat Richard Smoley Heather Wagner Adrianne Wortzel & Guests
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