Digital Platforms In Performance

I am trying out another module of a MOOC from EdX and Cambridge. I did the Finding a Voice complete but gave up on the one about space. I did not find enough about walks or outside. This one also seemed off topic when I started. I am interested in how some form of content marketing can work for theatre or other forms of drama. With music there can be a single to promote a collection of tracks or a performance. There can be edits or clips for radio. How to do versions or clips of a live play? This is not part of the course so far. But I will carry on and find out more about games and virtual reality. How to transfer a story? I am thinking about " Eight Gates to MetaSpace " , really a sort of travel writing starting from home. "MetaVerse" seems too linked to particular companies.

Anyway back to this week and #ExeFringe. Creative Commons is another way of looking at clips / remix. I use the Stories of JGBallard from the Internet Archive. I do not know if this sort of thing is still happening.

During next week there will be artist development so I am trying to discover what ideas are around. At MakeTank there will be some sort of performance on Friday, at least some public access. Most of the performances are for cultural leaders in the South West. So far I have not fund any info on open performances at the Hall or Central Library. But each venue has a different aspect. MakeTank is linked to the Business School. The Hall is set up for streaming. If this happens then the content is public anyway. The Library has a resource for law on intellectual property. So some time this could be explored a bit more.

My own writing such as #CDWalk can continue as Creative Commons but I might need more restriction if I did a lot of work on it or DownStage Write got involved. They did once have an offer to rewrite anything for £1.

More later.

Exeter Fringe chat May be Off Topic

 I am finding out a bit more about the Artist Development aspect of the Exeter Fringe. There is a webcast this evening. It seems to be about formats that would suit an existing theatre.

I have been thinking about how social media can work with some version of content for promotion or extension. But this seems not to be a topic. The dates have fitted so I have enrolled for another module of the EdX / Cambridge MOOC on writing scripts. But it seems to be about writing for games or VR. Possibly there is not yet much theory about content marketing. 

( You can look at this as Creative Commons also. I still use clips from JGBallard / Internet Archive on the drama show. )

So I will check out the talks this evening. The drama show on Phonic will continue to relate to social media. Widsith and Deor have lots of content on YouTube. The Library, Maketank and the Hall are well placed for an Exeter walk so conversation continues.

#CDWalk and #SiegeK finds bits of content that may become a performance later.

Learna Reality ( meanwhile drama continues )

 I am checking out some reality ahead of the Exeter Fringe. My own plays / texts /situations follow from failing to get much interest in questions around how education moves online. So #CDWalk is a take on music as a model and Kendal Ruins is a comment on the Fortress University lecture from Peter Horrocks. Both continue but meanwhile there is some hard news in reality.

Peter Horrocks has become chair of Learna ( see FE News ) where most courses are around medicine but there is also an MBA.

The screenshot shows that value for money is an issue. So far in UK the reporting seems to be that the campus will return to "normal" . Online option is not in the newspapers. But it is possible more is happening than appears.

I also found this at Lancaster.

How would this relate to a business school?

In Exeter there is a new strategy for 2030 and a proposal for the Exeter Education Innovation Institute but I cannot find any detail about it.

There may be a debt situation that will unravel at some point in time. Students appear to pay fees but the debt is delayed. HE invests in impressive buildings based on projections of future fees. Is it possible the investment in platforms will one day compete?

New Readers please check out Peter Horrocks lecture in Durham on the Fortress University and interview in the Guardian. Links welcome to any research / reporting on how business schools transform.

Chat around the Exeter Fringe

The drama show on Phonic FM is now live on Thursdays 8 - 10 .

It is now mixed up with the Wild Show 10 -12 and We Don't Know on some Wednesdays. The music style allows some clips and extends to social media. A mix of content marketing and creative commons works ok with music for a range of sounds.

Taking clips out of drama is more difficult. Work in progress of my own is easier to mess about with. I am interested in how education moves online and comparison with the music situation. There is one drama around the ruins of the Fortress University as described by Peter Horrocks. Kendal has a suitable site. There is also a CD Walk based on central Exeter looking at where music retail used to be and wondering how much student accommodation will be needed if blended or hybrid develops.

During the Exeter Fringe the D Walk can be extended to include the locations around the theatres. These are the Central Library, MakeTank and the Hall. There is a project around development of new content. These locations have a different relation to social media and content. MakeTank is closest to a gallery, images best seen in controlled conditions. The Hall set up for streaming so all images are potentially public. The library has many refences and scripts.

Shows continue throuh October so will include the RAMM moving outside projects. Seems to be presented as art but might be drama. We Don't Know show will include a script based on the crossing in Queen Street.