Projects
Understanding (Im)Possibilities
Understanding (Im)Possibilities
This project is about exploring the possibilities of immersive technology and building a foundation to incorporate this into my performance practice.
Understanding the (Im)possible will see me consider and ways of incorporating immersive technologies in my practice for the first time, including learning about responsive environments, spatial computing, and binaural sound. The project will support me to think about the ways immersive technology can support audiences to experience something collective rather than individual.
Through a process of research, collaboration, and experimentation the project will consider the creation of gig-theatre work which combines multimedia, theatre, and live-music, using immersive technologies might allow us to feel transported, create something transcendental, and consider how we might create euphoric and/or spiritual feelings in audiences without the need for alcohol/stimulants.
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£5,000
Aims of the Project
Gain an understanding of what is currently possibly with immersive technologies and understand ways they are being used creatively, building up a foundation of knowledge upon which I can develop.
Research with existing collaborators to consider how these might be integrated into my practice.
Discover and work with practitioners already developing immersive technology to understand their practices and potentially identify new collaborators.
Meet the artist
Adam Carver
Lead artist
they/them
Adam Carver (they/them) is a Birmingham based artist, producer, and cultural organiser, better known as their stage persona Fatt Butcher. Adam is also the founder and Director of Fatt Projects Ltd. a Birmingham based non-profit focusing on advancing queer joy and liberation through arts and culture.
Their work explores queerness, joy, healing, fatness, spirituality and the body. They are interested in what queerness has to offer the world, and actively creating a new way of viewing and navigating the world (rather than moving away from an old one). To do this they play many roles; producer, community organiser, curator, artist, c drag queen, consultant, developer, creator, vocalist, and sweaty mess.
