FLY ON THE WALL

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This project began as an investigation into what a site-responsive (online) interactive puppetry project might look like. Initially, the research and development into this concept were undertaken as part of the Virtual Puppetry Residency; an online-only artistic residency directed by Tom Sarver and made possible by the Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Resident artists each worked on a self-directed project developed specifically as 'puppets for the online medium'.
 

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‘Fly On The Wall’ is an interactive, immersive online puppetry adventure wherein an entire remote audience of up to 500 people has the collective first-person experience of becoming a fly. The work will take live theatre practices and apply a video-calling lens to engage audiences both physically and on-line. The puppets incorporate streaming devices to give audiences a first-person view of the performance from within.

 

A scratch showing was held on the 12th of December in the Virtual Puppetry Residency International Puppet Slam, alongside puppet artists from countries around the world.

"Fly-On-The-Wall" has since been generously been awarded funding for development as a Club Silly Thing-A-Ma-Jig Commission, part of the Bureau Of Silly Ideas and funded by the London Community Response Fund. 

A larger version of the work was developed and showcased on February 27th. This was presented among 5 other commissions for the showcase, and the Fly On The Wall segment begins at 28:23 in the below video.

 

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