DARE YOU WATCH.
LIVE
STREAMED.
DURATIONAL.
SOCIAL MEDIA
STORYTELLING.
IS EVERYONE WHO THEY SAY THEY ARE ON THE INTERNET?
From ambiguous posters placed in the oddest of places to intriguing business cards scattered in public spaces. They all had one thing in common: a single statement ‘SHE is coming’, a website url and a date. Would you be brave enough to look?
Five fictional characters, existing through social media sites, provided audiences with a unique opportunity to interact, question and direct the way in which their stories unfolded in one 18 hour live feed.
The piece integrated writing, storytelling, digital cinema and online interaction in and around a live durational performance.
The work spanned a range of cultural references from iconic cult film, online digital culture, open-world games, live art and contemporary dance with an understanding of our contemporary media landscape.
Supported by Arts Council England, SHP Live/South Hill Park, West Berkshire Council and Newbury College.
INNOVATIVE FEATURES.
LIVE PERFORMANCE.
LIVE STREAMING.
SOCIAL MEDIA STORIES.
‘An art-house version of Big Brother’Ron Mc Allister, Chief Executive of South Hill Park
INTERACTIVE ART GONE GLOBAL.
1,200+
ACTIVE VIEWERS
16
COUNTRIES
6,000+
LIKES ON FACEBOOK
13,000
REACH ON TWITTER
Over 1,200 people from 16 countries watched the durational performance on YouTube, the Facebook page gained over 6,000 ‘Likes’ and the characters’ Twitter feeds reached almost 13,000 people - taking NOCTURN to new viewers and telling a strange, macabre story in a unique way.
In addition to the online audience and at set times the public could enter our performance space to see the action happening live and themselves become part of the live streamed experience. For us, it was about exploring multiple entry and exit points and providing a transmedia dance experience.
MORE RESOURCES TO EXPLORE.
‘The high octane piece was like nothing I have ever seen before, and in a world where everything seems to be familiar, it was refreshing to be exposed to something new.’Becky Barnes, Wokingham Times
OUR CREATIVES.
DIRECTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER | JOHN DARVELL
DANCED & PEFORMED BY
LUKE ANTYSZ
DEBORAH ANN CAMP
LAURA CALDOW
OLIVER SCOTT
STEPHANIE TOWNSEND
FIONA MILLWARD
WRITER | DAVID VARELA
VIDEO LIVE STREAM | MARTIN FRANKLIN
COMPOSER | OLI NEWMAN
SET & STAGE MANAGEMENT | PAUL BATTEN
