Author Archives: mrpillis

“Augmented Reality for Bad Days” by Maddy Varner and Lauren McCarthy (2015)

Using google cardboard, “Augmented Reality for Bad Days” allows you to experience an alternate space which becomes a counterbalance to your mood or the quality of your day.  By inserting and adding contextual content to a sampled environment, this google

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“Augmented Reality for Bad Days” by Maddy Varner and Lauren McCarthy (2015)

Using google cardboard, “Augmented Reality for Bad Days” allows you to experience an alternate space which becomes a counterbalance to your mood or the quality of your day.  By inserting and adding contextual content to a sampled environment, this google

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“Intergalactic Immigration Office” by Daniel Pillis, Zhiwan Cheung (2015)

Intergalactic Immigration Office was a project where I and other performers dressed as aliens and created a mock spaceship crash in Shenly Park.  We attempted to issue intergalactic IDs to the public by creating 3-D scans that became “alien” to the

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“Intergalactic Immigration Office” by Daniel Pillis, Zhiwan Cheung (2015)

Intergalactic Immigration Office was a project where I and other performers dressed as aliens and created a mock spaceship crash in Shenly Park.  We attempted to issue intergalactic IDs to the public by creating 3-D scans that became “alien” to the

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“Roberta Breitmore” by Lynn Hershman Leeson (1970-present)

Pioneering new media artist Lynn Hershman Leeson created a complex and fully established false identity as a longterm performance work that fully enveloped her life.  “Roberta Breitmore” was both a physical transformation as well as an experiment in documents, actors,

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“Roberta Breitmore” by Lynn Hershman Leeson (1970-present)

Pioneering new media artist Lynn Hershman Leeson created a complex and fully established false identity as a longterm performance work that fully enveloped her life.  “Roberta Breitmore” was both a physical transformation as well as an experiment in documents, actors,

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“Locked Room Scenario” By Ryan Gander (2011)

  Ryan Gander’s Locked Room Scenario invites visiotors into schedule an appointment to enter a large warehouse.  Scraps of paper, anonymous actors,  detritus or suspicious objects in the surrounding neighborhood engage with the visitor in and around their time visiting.  They are

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“Locked Room Scenario” By Ryan Gander (2011)

  Ryan Gander’s Locked Room Scenario invites visiotors into schedule an appointment to enter a large warehouse.  Scraps of paper, anonymous actors,  detritus or suspicious objects in the surrounding neighborhood engage with the visitor in and around their time visiting.  They are

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“MEƎM: A STORY BALLET ABOUT THE INTERNET” by Ryan McNamara (2015)

  Ryan McNamara’s MEƎM was an experiment in expanded dance and theatre as a Performa commission at the Kitchen, NYC.  The audience was seated in chairs outfitted with casters which were rolled around different pockets of the theatre in a choreographed fashion, where they were

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“MEƎM: A STORY BALLET ABOUT THE INTERNET” by Ryan McNamara (2015)

  Ryan McNamara’s MEƎM was an experiment in expanded dance and theatre as a Performa commission at the Kitchen, NYC.  The audience was seated in chairs outfitted with casters which were rolled around different pockets of the theatre in a choreographed fashion, where they were

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