”PROTAGONIST” is a six part first experimental improvised digital telepresence theater and social media/WWW streaming series hybrid, based on multiple realtime first person POV video and audio streams, realtime soundtrack creation, text generation, realtime audio, video and text compositing, audience and actor interaction and improvisation.
The initial concept stage took place at Viirus theater, using the entire city of Helsinki as a giant stage, with team members and actors moving around the city. Its results were presented as part of Copenhagen´s ”RE-Locations”- Festival in on Oct 28th and Nov 16th, 2021. Danish iScene page on the Relocations festival participation.
Later expanded versions were developed in 2022 in Porvoo, in 2023 at Uniarts Fine Arts Academy and in 29.9.2024 in Helsinki based Q Theater with key Q Theater actors, consisting also of audience participatory elements.
ROLE: AV tech production (WWW streaming, camera tech, interaction), corporate partnerships (Mediatrade, LiveU).
Team: Ville Seppänen, Jussi Sorjanen, Kasperi Laine, Hanna Nyman, Jokke Heikkilä, Lauri Lundahl and Marko Tandefelt. Supported by the Finnish Cultural Foundation SKR and Otto Malm Foundation.
Marko Tandefelt´s Interview at Finnish Theater Info (TINFO) newsletter: https://www.tinfo.fi/fi/Marko-Tandefelt-mita-kuuluu
Protagonist project listing at Uniarts Cris project database
Protagonist project listing at tiedejatutkimus www site
Protagonist Project Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/digitalidiotshelsinki/
Protagonist Project WWW site (archive.org version)
