An IndieCade East panel with Ed Sylvanus Iskander and Robert Nashak
When: February 17, 3–4:30pm
Where: Museum of the Moving Image, 36–01 35th Ave, Queens, NY 11106
Price: $20–55 (day pass prices)
Tags: #immersivetheatre, #gaming
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This session is a conversation between one of New York’s leading immersive theater directors, Ed Sylvanus Iskander, and Robert Nashak, COO of the virtual reality game developer Survios. Ed will discuss his philosophy and practice of immersive theater, which has fascinating parallels and lessons for game developers. Many of his productions such as Golden Lotus and Caught present a series of sequential activities in analogy with game levels where audience members are invited to continue engaging with the experience on their own terms. His experiments illuminate new paradigms for creating social agency to drive audience engagement and retention.
IndieCade East is the Museum’s annual celebration of independent games and the people who make and play them. The exciting weekend features dozens of new and unreleased games, a packed schedule of talks, panels, and workshops by designers, developers, players, organizers, thinkers, activists, historians, critics, and provocateurs. IndieCade is the country’s premier Festival for independent video games, dedicated to the discovery, development, and recognition of independent designers and developers from around the world.
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