September 12th at 4:30 in Harugari 229
Audio technologies like telephones, radio, and headphones, have long been used to extend theatrical experiences for audiences. Working at a convergence of theatre and sound studies, Lauren Beck joins the conversation by defining ototheatre: a mobile and participatory audience experience executed with portable sound technology. Ototheatre employs contemporary technologies to engage audiences’ contemporary consumption habits. Smartphone apps, sound installations, podcasts, and audio tours all hold the potential to cast listeners in the role of both performer and audient in theatrical works. While radio has been called a “theatre of the mind,” ototheatre can create a theatre of the body.
