And we’re back again with a quick recap of the week that was.
First up: our friends at IMMERSE have a new issue out this weekend. Issue #26, and our own Noah Nelson (hey, that’s me!) has an article in the mix.
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Okay, there’s so much else to see and do, let’s get into it, shall we?
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ON THE PODCAST THIS WEEK
Kathryn Yu sits down with Jordan Chlapecka and Kendra Slack of Linked Dance Theatre to talk about Remembrance, their 11th site-specific, immersive show coming soon to a historic house on Governors Island in NYC. In Remembrance, audiences will have the ability to explore the fading memories of a woman with Alzheimer’s Disease as they enter her home as guests during her 65th birthday party.
FROM THE NEWSWIRE: SHOWS, EVENTS, & EXPERIENCES
NYC: This ____ Summer Day
Toronto: Kick and Push Festival, Big Top Battle
Pittsburgh: Welcome to Moonside
Chicago: Ode at Pint’s End, The Rosina Project, Reflections on Fire: Extinguishing Old Ideas
Minneapolis: Second Skin
Denver: Nirvhamlet, Camp Christmas
Vancouver: Deep Into Darkness
North Bend: Follower & Ghosted at the North Bend Film Festival
San Francisco: The Julie Cycle
Los Angeles: Adios Dolores, Cold War Lounge: The Asset
REVIEWS
From No Proscenium:
Take Over the World in ‘The Rogues Gallery’ (A NoPro Adventure)Broken Ghost Immersives‘ revamped comic book-themed experience mixes roleplaying, social deduction games, and immersive…noproscenium.comWindy City Playhouse’s ‘The Recommendation’ Doesn’t Speak To Its Strengths (Review)The Chicago-based company’s latest promenade production lacks true immersionnoproscenium.comThe Joy Of Waking Up: ‘Bar of Dreams: Los Angeles’ (Review)The absurdist adventure offers a whimsical, intoxicating escapenoproscenium.com‘The Privilege of Escape’ Subverts the Escape Room Form (The NoPro Review)Artist Risa Puno challenges the assumption that games are fairnoproscenium.comReaching Out To Fill That Inner Void: ‘I Love You So Much, SQUEEZE ME TO DEATH’ (The NoPro Review)Koryn Ann Wicks uses immersive to remix dance performance in Santa Monicanoproscenium.com
From ARGNet:
No Proscenium, ARGNet, and Room Escape Artist teamed up to try their hands at being supervillains for Broken Ghost Immersives’ The Rogues Gallery. It’s disturbing how quickly they turned to evil for this hybrid immersive show.
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From Room Escape Artist:
In The Privilege of Escape, artist and game designer Risa Puno and Creative Time elegantly demonstrated privilege through escape room gameplay. This is a limited run installment in NYC.
STORIES
From NoProscenium.com:
Announcing The Virtual Being Developer Grants (Guest Blog)A Day at the Virtual Beings Summit brings hope for a new form of immersive entertainment.noproscenium.comDance Meets Podplay Meets Augmented Reality in ‘Those Before Us’ (Q&A)An interview with co-creators Katya Stepanova and Jesse Carrey about the upcoming productionnoproscenium.comSan Diego Comic-Con 2019 Activation Coverage (Video)Video walk-throughs of many of the experiential marketing pop-ups around the Gaslamp Districtnoproscenium.com
From Immersology:
Immersology examines the architectural changes — and player responses — that occurred in moving The Man From Beyond.
Via Laura E. Hall, Timberview Productions
A free, downloadable, helpful and thorough guide by Shape Arts for curators, exhibition organizers, and event programmers on how to ensure their events are as accessible as possible. — L.H.
And you can follow Laura and her team on Instagram for updates as they fabricate our newest narrative escape room game.
Via Michael Andersen, ARGNet:
The Court of Royals is a multi-player chess game, with a twist: participants are divided into two teams, and moves can only be made if individual team members assigned to the piece solve puzzles or complete challenges. There seems to be a broader narrative involved, as well with the first “turn” happening this Sunday. -M.A.
From around the web:
THE DISCOURSE
Discussions and posts from Everything Immersive & Twitter:
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Escape Room Conference & Meetup — San Antonio (via REA)
8 San Antonio Escape Room Conference Talks That We're Interested In - Room Escape ArtistEvery year we're asked about the talks that we're interested in attending at any given escape room conference. A few…roomescapeartist.comEscape Room Meetup, Austin! - Room Escape ArtistWe will be in Austin on Friday, August 9, and we'd love to meet you. Tamale House East (1707 E 6th St, Austin, TX)…roomescapeartist.com
The escape room conference will take place in San Antonio, August 6–8. Room Escape Artist will be hosting a Meet Up on Austin on Friday, August 9. If you’re based in Austin or you’re in town for the conference, and you’re interested in playing or creating escape rooms or other forms of immersive entertainment, come meet up!
NOW FUNDING
Lone Shark Games is running a dual Kickstarter/Humble Bundle campaign for Puzzlecraft, a book on constructing just about every type of puzzle there is. The goal: get the book in schools and libraries across the United States. A combination of discounted books and charitable works is hard to pass up.
PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Jobs & Grants
Announcing The Virtual Being Developer Grants (Guest Blog)A Day at the Virtual Beings Summit brings hope for a new form of immersive entertainment.noproscenium.comApplications Now Open: Ideas for Immersive Technology in the ArtsLearn how to apply and read more about our special issue on the topic.immerse.news
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