Designing Audience Participation and Gamification in Intermedia Performance: Conceptual Framework and Theoretical Implications Post COVID-19

Designing Audience Participation and Gamification in Intermedia Performance: Conceptual Framework and Theoretical Implications Post COVID-19

H. Cecilia Suhr
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 13
DOI: 10.4018/IJACDT.316966
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Abstract

“Humanity: From Survival to Revival” (“Dystopia to Utopia”) is a participatory survival game and audiovisual performance work that depicts the transformation of the dystopian state of humanity to utopianism in both the visual and sonic realms. Audience members are invited to participate in humanity's interactive survival games and to contribute their photographic facial outlines as visual content for the performance. This paper explores the theoretical framework behind designing audience participation and interaction by reflecting on the notion of dystopia as related to the COVID-19 pandemic, while also reflecting on this event's outcomes and challenges. In doing so, this study showcases the process of visual transformation, depicting the transition from dystopian to utopian paradigms via audience participation and musical performance.
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Humanity: From Survival To Revival

The original version of this performance focused more on the broad, general ideas of the transformative process of people from a survival state to a revival state. During the COVID-19 pandemic, this work was reframed in the context of Foucault’s notion of a disciplinary society, as a means to analyze emerging societal issues. Before discussing how the recent pandemic influenced the theoretical implication of this performance, it is essential to share the conceptual framework and synopsis of the work.

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