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MEMENTO

hybrid performance

February 2023

video

MEMENTO: A Project by Taavet Jansen and Tambet Tuisk Exploring the Possibilities of Performance in Physical and Virtual Space.

Memento is a collaborative project by Taavet Jansen and Tambet Tuisk that explores new ways of creating theatrical performance where the audience is split between those physically present and those participating online. The project’s core features an improvisation method developed by Tambet Tuisk, which is based on the psychological concept of flow. This method enables the actors—drama students from the UT Viljandi Cultural Academy—to spontaneously build entire performances rooted in their own past, present, and dreams.

The performances are designed to be highly interactive. The online viewers collectively influence the performance's environment. This mechanism allows the virtual audience to actively shape the theatrical atmosphere without dictating the actors' actions. This approach successfully merges the two distinct spaces (physical and virtual) into a cohesive and responsive performance experience.

The work premiered in February 2023, following the second iteration in 2005.

Authors: Tambet Tuisk, Taavet Jansen

Performers: UT VCA acting students
Camera: Jürgen Volmer
Programming, tech: Taavet Jansen, Jürgen Volmer
Producer: UT Viljandi Culture Academy
Co-producer: eˉlektron
Support: Estonian Academy of Arts, Ministry of Culture. The project has been financed by the Ministry of Culture's measure of creative research in cultural and creative fields

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