Macbeth Project

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Event Macbeth Project
Venue The Performance Space (1983-2007), Redfern, NSW
Umbrella Event New Narratives
First Date 22 April 1998
Last Date 24 April 1998
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Our intention is to present live theatre in a scale and form never before seen in Sydney. The production uses the text of Macbeth as a vehicle in which to explore the relationship of the living, breathing, human body with the ever increasing web of technology within which it finds itself. The dramaturgical key will be the transposition of the supernatural world of the original text into the hyper-media world of the late twentieth century; instead of Macbeth being seduced by three old hags ... he is consumed by a media which can indefinitely reproduce and metamorphose images until it becomes impossible to discern what is real and what it not. The Macbeth Project utilises 'mandala' software, a 'sensed space full body interactive interface'. This remarkable piece of technology allows the performer to control lighting, sound and projection.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Multimedia
Organisations
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information New Narratives is a project of The Performance Space in collaboration with Metro Television which supports performance artists working with new media. The first showings in April 1998 (My Genocide and Macbeth Project) are part of an ongoing series of events which will investigate the technical and conceptual possibilities of new media.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Performance Space Database
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 72671