Some sketches for the Opera

Some ideas for the stage design of the Nyman opera. The the one at the top is the most recent one. We think this one should be it. This because of the use of space, and the mix-up of the musicians with the singers and the stage. The walls behind the singers will be used for projections. And Wil of the Grand Theatre will do the light design. Now we are working on techniques to use movement and brain activity measurements of the singers to manipulate the images. Next Tuesday we have an appointment at the RUG to take a closer look at the scan equipment. After that we will meet the person who is going to build the stage design.

The man who mistook his wife for a hat by Michael Nyman

As Ruben already mentioned in his blog, Snow was asked to develop a video concept for this opera. The play is inspired by the book with the similar name written by Oliver Sacks. The story investigates the world of a person with visual agnosia. Such persons see all the visual world of shapes, lines, colours, patterns, movement. But are unable to recognise what they see and have an emotional connection with it. Their world is no longer meaningful or familiar, but strange, abstract and chaotic. We are researching the possibilities to you use EEG scans to measure the brainwaves of the singers, but also for example  to track the head movement. The data we, in a way, want to use to manipulate the video image. We have just started the research so...to be continued.

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Today I will start my blog. With this blog I like to share my thoughts, work and ideas with fellow students, teachers, and people with same interest and vision. Lets make it an inspiring place for everybody.

Adri