Embodied Media

Ootoo

Telepresence Performance2006

An intermedia dance and video telepresence performance staged simultaneously in Northern and Southern California.

The Active Space intermedia performance system connected live dance performed at two sites: the concert stage at UC Santa Cruz and the eMedia Studio at UC Irvine. öötöö (pronounced “ooh-too”) observed the life of the dreamer, investigating ways in which fragments from our day can get reassembled during sleep, sometimes in strange and unpredictable ways. The project featured a cast of eighteen student dancers on stage at UCSC, interacting with seven dancers at UCI using the Active Space system over a high-performance network.

Production date: June 2006.

Venues

  • Mainstage Theatre, UC Santa Cruz
    Santa Cruz, CA
  • eMedia Studio, UC Irvine
    Irvine, CA