Webinar for European Theatre Convention

In this Webinar for the European Theatre Convention, Franziska Ritter will show different approaches and possibilities based on the research project “Im/material Theatre Spaces” by digital.DTHG, the digital competence centre of the Deutsche Theatertechnische Gesellschaft.

Theatre has always been a pioneer for the development and application of new technologies, it is a place for artistic and technical innovation, experimentation and research. How can immersive technologies such as virtual and augmented reality unfold their potential in front of, behind and on stage – as a creative design tool, as a construction aid for virtual building rehearsals, as a teaching and learning space, or as an extended stage for the arts?

Tuesday 27 March 2024, 14:30 – 16:30 CET (Online)

Franziska Ritter is a scenographer, researcher and educator in the fields of art, culture and theatre. After studying architecture and film and photography in Berlin and London she co-founded the master programme Bühnenbild_Szenischer Raum for Technical University Berlin and works as assistant professor. She teaches and researches scenography, theatre architecture and technology at various international universities. She was in charge of the DFG-project »digitalisation of the collection of theatre architecture« in the Architekturmuseum of TU Berlin. In 2019 together with Pablo Dornhege she founded digital.DTHG – the digital competence centre of the Deutsche Theatertechnische Gesellschaft. In the first research project “Im/material Theatre Spaces” they investigated the potentials of Immersive Technologies like VR and AR for theatre. At the moment she is doing her PhD about the Visual Image of Theatre Architecture at the department of art history in the research project Theaterbauwissen. Besides that Franziska is flute player and Artistic Director of 1:1 CONCERTS, the smallest but most intensive concert format ever.