Qian Yang
I was attracted by the clear and brilliant introduction slides of Second Theatre when I listened to Erikki’s presentation at the first time. As an experienced advertising person, I smelled a good proposal right away. It uses analogies to explain the unfamiliar concept of VR theatre through things and scenarios that are familiar to everyone, such as Netflix, Spotify, audiobooks, etc. This was the first point that grabbed my attention, which triggered me to know more and think more about this project.
Second theatre is my first and the only one selection, not only because I am a super fan of Theatre, an experienced video producer, or I am curious about the combination of technology and art, but also because I want to contribute to the vision that those classic Theatre break the limitation of time and space and spread more widely.
This technological breakthrough will enable the wider dissemination of outstanding theatre, and this dissemination will accelerate the collision of diverse theatre, thus triggering the prosperity of the theatre industry. In addition to that, Second Theatre is not only another way to watch Theatre, but also gives Theatre a double life. I want to research and discuss how to make it sustainable so that hundreds of years from now, people can still watch today’s theatre artists perform vividly through VR (or more advanced technology) and second Theatre. I want to discuss the sustainability of technology, art, and business.