Immersive Makers Workshop Series

with Tom Pearson

Spring Series – April 11 through May 30, 2024
Thursdays from 7:00PM* to 9:30PM Eastern Time (2.5 hrs each)

$600 for all 8 Sessions
Drop ins and subsidized sign ups available in late March/early April. Third Rail Projects Gift Cards accepted.

ON ZOOM

Tom Pearson, co-founder/director of Third Rail Projects and director of the Global Performance Studio will be teaching some of his most popular sessions as an 8-part, two-month suite of offerings on Zoom. The series includes: Creative Cartographies, Scenario Development, Collaboration & Co-Creation, Frameworks, Sensory Design, Movement-based Practices, Conflict & Dramaturgy, Creative Practices.

These workshops are a deep dive into the techniques and practices Tom uses in his collaborative works for dance, theater, site-specific, and immersive productions. It offers explorations for mapping concepts and structures, scenario, and scene development, directing from the audience perspective, movement-based practices for site-specific and immersive theater, designing sensory environments, structuring creative practices, and working with designers, performers, artists, and audiences to co-create meaningful works. The series will cover an array of creative modalities and lean strongly towards site-specific and immersive collaborative processes.

Experience is not a requisite, only an interest in learning more about the multimedia components and multilayered processes Tom uses in his collaborations with Third Rail Projects, with other artists/communities around the world through the Global Performance Studio, and as a consultant and advisor. All creative backgrounds and disciplines welcome.

Spring syllabus:

April 11
Creative Cartographies: 
World building, thought partnerships, idea mapping for immersive, site-specific and proscenium-based works.

April 18
Scenario Development:
Devising and directing interactive projects from audience point-of-view.

April 25
Collaboration & Co-Creation: 
Personal and team style, collaborating with designers, performers, and audience as co-creators.

May 2
Frameworks: 
Structures, stanzas, ceremony, and other frameworks for designing containers of legibility.

May 9
Sensory Design: 
Environmental design, art, and ephemera as well as creating sensory maps that help 4-dimensional experiences.

May 16
Movement-based: 
Choreography and image generation, site-specific leanings, soft bodies and hard surfaces, addressing longevity and repeat stress.

May 23
Conflict & Dramaturgy: 
Finding meaning through archetypes, mythologies, and conflicts with self, scene partners, environment, and audience.

May 30
Creative Practices: 
Ideation, iteration, daily practice, and self-care for art-makers, for individual projects and larger bodies of work.

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