Pictures at an exhibition: design of a hybrid puppetry performance piece

Authors:
Ali Mazalek;Michael Nitsche;Claudia Rébola;Paul Clifton;Andy Wu;Nick Poirier;Firaz Peer
Affiliations:
Digital Media, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA;Digital Media, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA;Industrial Design, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA;Digital Media, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA;Digital Media, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA;Digital Media, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA;Digital Media, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Venue:
ICEC'12 Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Entertainment Computing
Year:
2012

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Abstract

Pictures at an Exhibition is a physical/digital puppetry piece that uses tangible interface puppets to modify a virtual scene projected at the back of the stage in real-time. The piece merges traditional puppeteering practices with tangible interaction technologies and virtual environments to create a novel performance for the live stage. This paper describes the design and development of piece, as well as our lessons learned from this process and from on-stage performances of Pictures at an Exhibition in a puppetry theatre.