Tom Gorman, Tiina Syrja and Mikko Kanninen will be presenting Coriolanus Online at MINDTREK 2016 in Tampere, Findland.

Taking the text of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus as a basis for study, in 2015-16 students from Coventry University (UK) and the University of Tampere (Finland) worked on a small section of the script (3:3) in both Finnish and English. A ‘virtual space’ was created in both locations through the re-purposing of videoconferencing technology and the use of large rear projection screens, high speed internet connections and unidirectional, hypercardioid microphones. Moreover, a unified spatial design and a careful use of lighting gave the actors the illusion that they were occupying the same physical space.

Coriolanus Online is the first part of Immersive Telepresence in Theatre, a 2-year project supported by DMLL.

MINDTREK 2016 is an international conference about Open Source, Open Data, Immersion and Smart City. The conference is an unique package of technologies, ideas and a possibility of networking to build the future. 2015 Mindtrek had participants from over 40 countries and for the last 20 years Mindtrek has been a major part of the Finnish international conference scene.

For further information on the project visit http://telepresenceintheatre.coventry.domains/