I'm expect everyone is familiar with the Johnny Lee Wii projects.

And most have probably also seen the Foldable Display Simulation video.

However if anyone has not seen them yet, follow the links they are worth seeing.  In fact it's been on my to do list to try and do some object tracking / projection tracking for some time.   And the foldable display video shows it working surprisingly well, and projecting on some of the surfaces that we have found most fun and interesting in our theatrical work (Fans and Umbrellas).

Anyway the upshot is that I got myself a wii remote and am starting to play around.   I'm working with Kate Brehm on a show (do you copy) with a lot of hand held movable screens that it would be great to track in this way.

I'm also interested in using the tracking in conjunction with some tablet PC's that I have used on stage as movable screens.
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The Miseries of Doctor Tutto
missives from Tonga

Is an as it happens blog of the events of one Joseph Silovsky.

Joe's stories adventures along with the story of Jesse Bogdonoff are portrayed in The Jester Of Tonga

THE JESTER OF TONGA

PS122

Nov 13-23
Wed-Sat 8pm
Sun 6:30pm
$20, $15, $10

Silovsky and his robot Stanley tell the very true and complex story
of Jesse Bogdonoff, the sensational modern-day Court Jester to the
Tongan Royal Court. Twenty suitcases packed full with island lore spill
their secrets, scandals and adventures onto the stage.

Joe is a quintessential brilliant and quirky mad scientist type; who is constantly derailed from his story telling by the technology and his own exuberant interest in absolutely everything.  But the digressions are the fabulously interesting, and he's got Stanley the robot to keep him on track and tell you all about the woes cased by the last big financial bump on Wall Street.

I imaging there will be a few pore sole will be run out of town in the dead of night due to this financial crisis.  But I very much doubt they'll have as odd a story as Mr. Bogdonoff or as entertaining a chronicler as Mr. Silovsky.

Happy to be here for the 2008-2009 DPI Residency.  I'll be developing a performance using the rope&pulley media control system I created.  

Last week, I did some preparatory experiments for my DPI residency at the DeBaun Auditorium with Wendy Richmond. More to come on those experiments soon!  

Wow. Really happy to have found another home for this project. After several months of struggling with the piece I've recently fallen back madly in love with it. There is more background info on Alchemy of Light at Street Pictures. Very much looking forward to delving deeper at DPI.