HAU Hebbel am Ufer / Performing Arts Programm Berlin

The audience as co-creator in the digital performing arts: In “Digital Audiences: The model of the future?”, artists will share their practical knowledge in workshops, while experts from the fields of art and politics will discuss game design as an example of good practice in the new form of audience involvement. They will explore the contributions these model projects can make towards a future society in which participation is open to as many people as possible.             

14:00 / HAU3: Workshops on “Publika (neu) denken” (German)
Registration is no longer possible, all workshops are fully booked

19:00 / HAU1: Panel “Das Publikum als Co-Creator: Gaming, darstellende Künste und neue Formen der Interaktion” (German)
With Peter Kettner (Auswärtiges Amt), machina eX, Manouchehr Shamsrizi (Gamelab Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Thorsten Wiedemann (Artistic directorA MAZE Festival), Sarah Reimann (HAU Hebbel am Ufer) 

Lena Biresch
Collective Virtual Reality Experiences

Digital technology, social media, and games have significantly changed the role of audiences. Often more than mere spectators, they become players, users, testers, co-creators, and communities. Virtual reality (VR) has been a major element in this evolution: As a medium that individuals experience in many different contexts, VR offers countless opportunities for immersive and collective experiences within the performing arts. In this workshop, we will use asymmetrical VR games to discover alternative approaches, play together and have a discussion.
Coming from a background in theatre, Lena Biresch has been working with new immersive and interactive media since 2016. Since completing her training in game programming, she has been working as a freelance VR experience designer at the intersection of performing arts and digital art.
https://www.lenabiresch.de

Laura Tontsch
Interactive Storytelling

Deciding on something, enabling something, solving something, responding to something – first and foremost, interactive storytelling means that listeners and viewers (i.e. online audiences) have to be an active part of an experience in order to advance or even influence the narrative. In this workshop, we will look at the aspects of conventional storytelling that can become interactive levers and the according possibilities that can arise. We will also develop and test our own small prototypes.
Laura Tontsch is a theatre director and narrative designer who experiments with digital forms of storytelling. This has led to interactive stage performances, Instagram games, a TikTok opera, and numerous augmented reality (AR) experiences. As a narrative designer, she recently co-developed the AR app for the Berliner Ensemble.
https://lauratontsch.com/

Susa Lie
Everything I Wanted to Know About UX and Was Afraid to Ask

User Experience Design (UX) offers new approaches to engaging with audiences in the cultural sector. This workshop serves as a brief introduction. We will explore collaborative design, examine problems and solutions, and take your specific experiences into account through practical exercises. Collaborative methods will expand your repertoire, helping you find new ways to engage audiences and include them in your artistic discourse.
Susa Lie is a freelance UX designer and lecturer for UX. Originally from a musical background, she also worked in film before becoming a web designer. She has been involved in volunteer work for years, e.g. with IchbinkeinVirus, World Usability Day Berlin and Ladies that UX Berlin.
https://susalie.de/