live improvised game event - 2007
Wayfarer is a realtime game and multimedia event for four performers, four audience groups and passersby.Using their voices, each audience group will direct performers to explore and undertake a series of tasks inside the new and largely unknown Carriageworks building, hidden from the audience’s view. The audience will track their performer’s progress via streamed video, audio and locative data on large exterior projection screens.Wayfarer is a truly hybrid concept, where live and mediated performance, urban choreography, tactical media, parkour, neo-situationist strategies, gameplay and site specificity come together in a volatile mix.Myspace SMH Preview RealTime ReviewDOWNLOADwayfarer-2007.pdf
- Artist & Producer
Kate Richards - Artist & Producer
Martyn Coutts - Programmer
Jon Drummond - Technical Producer
Mr Snow
A Wayfarer performer in action
Performance night
at The Performance Space@ Carriage Works Sydney 2007
Audience induction
Green explains the ins and outs to her audience team
An audience group
tracks progress and talks to the wayfarer
Boot Up
Wayfarers boot up with the team and audience during induction
Wayfarer interface
displayed on the foyer screens showing multiple audience camera feeds, site map, loot, clock
an unexpected guest
improvisation means lots of surprises!
Searching for loot
exploring the site to find rfid tags
Fight scene
Onlookers arriving for another performance encounter two Wayfarers in the middle of a combat
Blue and yellow
In back-of-house, out of sight of the audience, two Wayfarers meet in meat-space
My friend, my enemy
Sometime collaborators Green and Red in a quiet moment. The discovery of the KILLER tag changes the tone moments later
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Montage of game play
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Wayfarer montage 2