This paper and presentation is an examination of the challenges of telematic performances using examples from InterPlay: Carnivale, held at the University of Utah Intermountain Network and Scientific Computation Center March 28-30, 2008. The purpose of this presentation is to examine the challenges faced in project development process and to find solutions for improvements in the creation of network collaborations.

Presentation - Cambridge University, UK for the Digital Resources in the Humanities and Arts Conference, September 14-17, 2008.

Presentation - University of Utah Center for High Performance Computing Lecture Series, October 6, 2008.

Visual Scripting addresses the process of creating theatre scripts for the Interplay series, as well as, a possible template for other multi-leveled and multi-faceted performances. The purpose of visual scripting is to provide a more complete visualization of an original script. With the advent of accessible media, especially software such as Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, QuickTime, Storyboard Artist and other programs. It is possible to create a multi-media script that can be provided to actors, both as drafts in the development process and a completed version for restaging. The methods of documenting the artistic creations of our age are in need of matching the complicated nature of these newly created original works and must begin to include additional layers as well. Visual Scripting documentation is a proposed idea specifically for the benefits of a springboard for interpretation by a new cast. Not for the purposes of rote restaging, but for use as information for what was done. The Visual Script media includes text, auditory and visual files for the new cast to use as tools to move beyond the interpretations of the original cast, finding additional levels within the work. A case study application is applied to the InterPlay series, and specifically to InterPlay: Nel Tempo di Sogno (2007) created under the direction of Elizabeth and Jimmy Miklavcic.

Through the investigation of five InterPlay performances, this paper describes the form and discusses its process and structure. It analyzes some of the issues that have been encountered, surmounted and those that require continued examination. It discusses subjects such as distributed collaboration, communications, production elements, real and virtual venues, and the layered development of works within this innovative art form.

This paper was accepted for publication by the Body, Space and Technology Journal at Brunel University, West London.

Presentation - Dartington College of Arts Devon, UK for the Digital Resources in the Humanities and Arts Conference, September 10-12, 2007.

Presentation - Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana for the Humanities and Technology Conference - Sustainable Transformations: Technology and Its Environments, October 4-6, 2007.

Presentation - Neumont University, Salt Lake City, Utah.

This paper describes the creative process involved in developing an InterPlay performance and how uses of the Access Grid can be applied in other fields such as medical training scenarios.

Presentation - Keynote for Slice of Life 2007 Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Since most of us are using the Access Grid for scientific and meeting applications, there are a few things I'd like to point out that can be applied to help improve the quality of the image of ourselves that we are transmitting. The points we will be covering are: Camera placement; The use of lighting to help off set the overhead fluorescents, and the gray pallor of the video stream; Background and frame simplification; and audio applications. We will then cover some applications of these principals for production and performance use. At the end of the presentation we will set some lights on a volunteer and do some mixing for a live demonstration.

Presentation - Supercomputing Global 2006, Tampa, Florida.

This paper explores the process of developing a performance work for the distributed real-time surrealistic cinematic style in the collaborative telematic video genre. The steps for the development of a performance work inside of a larger collaborative work involving multiple sites are explained. This paper explores the symbolism of movement choices in the choreographic scene structure, use of sets, props, cameras and other technical equipment, as well as, the additional layer of using the Access Grid system to send video streams of the performance work over Internet 2 for a world-wide audience. Mind Waves was created for InterPlay: Dancing on the Banks of Packet Creek held March 31 through April 2, 2006. The InterPlay series, developed by Another Language Performing Arts Company, focuses on combining different art forms in innovative ways. This paper demonstrates the complexity of creating and using the Access Grid video conferencing tools and the interesting challenges artists face when participating in this genre.

Presentation - Supercomputing 2006, Tampa, Florida

Exerpt - "...I know that there are many applications in education for this work, especially using artistic creation for interesting springboards-we can help students with identity, self-acceptance, as well as, using this work as a medium for discovering the magic that exists all around us."

Presentation - MAGPI - Mid-Atlantic Gigapop (point of presence) in Philadelphia for Internet 2, April 6, 2006, for participants in: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware

Introduction - "The exciting thing about participating in the InterPlays and being a part of the Art on the Grid community is that it is truly about the research. There is a sense of searching and a sense of seeking. Working on projects is as much about the question as the answer. I don't feel as though anyone is trying to dictate what is the 'right' answer or 'correct' answer. The invigorating process of participation is the embracing of the question. The process of muddling through issues and diving into the work gives us the opportunity to problem solve and work toward creating something of the best quality we can based on where we are at a specific moment in time."

Presentation - International Federation for Theatre Research, June 26-July 2, 2005, University of Maryland at College Park near Washington, D.C.

Presentation - Humanities and Technology Conference, October 6-8, 2005, Snowbird, Utah.

Introduction and General Information - "So what is an InterPlay? InterPlay is a distributed, live, real-time cinematic event that occurs simultaneously in several cities throughout North America. Each site creates a portion of the distributed performance and, with the aid of Access Grid technology, transmits the performance to the other sites. The host site, collects these video and audio streams then processes and mixes them in to a master digital mix and retransmits that stream back to the other participating sites. Each participating site has a local live component as well as a live, real-time, multimedia component."

InterPlay is a form of telematic performance that is achieved by the collaboration of two or more simultaneous performances at several sites across the globe. This case study examines the process undertaken by all involved to produce, rehearse and perform the work Hallucinations. We discuss the concept, the technical needs and issues, as well as, the performance process.

Presentation - Supercomputing Global '04, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

Presentation - International Federation for Theatre Research, June 26-July 2, 2005, University of Maryland at College Park near Washington, D.C.

Presentation - Humanities and Technology Conference, October 6-8, 2005, Snowbird, Utah.