{"id":3,"date":"2024-12-02T19:25:44","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T00:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/montreal\/"},"modified":"2024-12-02T19:46:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T00:46:20","slug":"montreal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/fr\/digitaldramaturgy-ddi\/montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"PWM – Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Playwrights\u2019 Workshop Montr\u00e9al<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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While digital tools and techniques have long been a part of theatre, the pandemic has served as a catalyst for the adoption of new technologies and practices.  In our leg of the Digital Dramaturgy Initiative, we looked for projects which were aiming to be presented digitally but were in an early stage of their technological development.  Coming from a design background, we know how bringing in other artists early into the creation process can enrich and evolve the final piece and lead to a more fully integrated product.  It was our hope that by connecting the teams of artists with industry experts as well as with each other early in their development process\u2019 that the scope and finesse of their digital exploration would be expanded.  <\/p>\n

When it comes to digital creation there can often be a large gulf between artistic dreams and technical knowledge, leaving artists in a place where they do not even know where to start researching. It is impossible to find all the answers in a week-long residency but it was our goal to point these artists in the right direction and leave them with an improved digital literacy as well as an expanded view of what is possible digitally.    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The ways that we create and interact with each other has changed so drastically since March 2020 that the residency itself was also a form of experimentation.  For our virtual users, we wanted to find ways to avoid the ever present \u201cZoom fatigue\u201d which plagues online work.  We also strove to create an experience that left the virtual users feeling just as involved and engaged as the in person participants. Instead of using Zoom or other similar conferencing platforms we decided to build a space on Gather. While Gather had limitations (many of which have since been patched), it was able to provide an experience that felt more dynamic and gave users more agency than simple video conferencing calls.  We also used Miro quite extensively throughout the week as a way to mimic the feeling of all being in a room together with a large whiteboard or a pile of sticky notes.<\/p>\n

The physical portion of the residency took place in the two neighbouring studio spaces of PWM and Geordie Theatre, on an alternating morning\/afternoon schedule for participating groups. This schedule, coupled with the always open virtual space of Gather, meant that participants and leaders had many opportunities and locations to meet in real-time with other participants and dramaturgs\u2013forming a generally cohesive, sometimes chaotic, creative and immersive collective experience.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\n \u201c<\/span>Digital Dramaturgy for me lives in the intersection between the story that needs to be told, and the form it will take in meeting an audience… That intersection is rich with possibilities – but only if you have access to the technology.\u00a0\u201d<\/span>
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