360° Viewed in 270°
Case Study: Foundry Theatre at Arena Stage
The Provenance of Beauty
Origin of the non-reiterative contiguous video experience
Originally produced by the Foundry Theatre and performed on a Bronx tour bus, The Provenance of Beauty was invited in January 2011 to be part of Arena Stage’s new play development series.
For the stage adaptation, I re-created the Bronx touring experience as a live theatrical installation. I produced a continuous shoot using four HD cameras mounted on a rigged vehicle, designed to generate synchronized video clips that would simulate a one-hour live tour.
The performance was staged in the Robert Kogod Cradle, with the audience seated onstage under headphones, surrounded by three projection screens showing simultaneous feeds from the four cameras. At the time, the theater’s computer system was unable to process 55 minutes of continuous multi-channel content. A proposed solution—adding a second computer to manage playback—was never implemented, and production was eventually discontinued.
Other Roles: Editor, Designer, Videographer, Sound Designer, Video Tech, 2nd Camera
Cool Factor: Immersing the audience in a 360° video environment, seated onstage under headphones—a groundbreaking theatrical experience.
