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MIKEL ROUSE & BEN NEILL 2014-15 Touring Prospectus THE DEMO New York City 2014-15 Touring Prospectus ArKtype / Thomas O. Kriegsmann, MIKEL ROUSE & BEN NEILL Producer and Touring Representation THEOUR DEMO: MISSION AN OVERVIEW The Demo is a music theater work written by com- poser/performers Mikel Rouse and Ben Neill based on Douglas Engelbart’s historic 1968 demonstration of early computer technology. Engelbart’s 1968 demo rolled out virtually everything that would define modern comput- ing; videoconferencing, hyperlinks, networked collabora- tion, digital text editing, and something called a “mouse,” laying the ground work for the future of our society in a mere 90 minutes. The Demo re-imagines Engelbart’s historic demonstration as a technologically-infused music theater piece, a new form of hybrid performance. THE EVENT: ENGELBART’S 1968 DEMO On December 9, 1968, Douglas C. Engelbart and his text, object addressing and dynamic file linking, as well as team of researchers (including technical assistant and shared-screen collaboration involving two persons at dif- future computing legend William English) at the Augmen- ferent sites communicating over a network with audio and tation Research Center at Stanford Research Institute in video interface. Menlo Park, CA presented a 90-minute live public dem- onstration entitled “A Research Center for Augmenting Instead of standing at a podium, Engelbart was seated at Human Intellect,” which demonstrated the online system a custom designed console, where he drove his presenta- NLS, which Engelbart had been working on since 1962. tion via the NLS computer - which resided 30 miles away in his research lab at Stanford Research Institute - onto a large The public presentation was a session of the Fall Joint projection screen overhead, flipping seamlessly between Computer Conference held at the Convention Center in his presentation outline and live demo of features. San Francisco, and attended by about 1,000 computer professionals. What become known as “the mother of all demos,” Engelbart’s presentation was the public debut of the computer mouse - but the mouse was only one of many innovations demonstrated that day: including hyper- THE PERFORMANCE Douglas Engelbart is the most influential figure in the 2C ORANGES early history of computers and the Internet. His unique vi- 2D APPLES sion turned the computing world on its head in the 1950s 3 NEWS and 60s and he is responsible for inventing many of the 4 LETTUCE tools that we now take for granted in our daily lives. The 5 FRENCH BREAD legendary event and Engelbart’s life journey are re-imag- 6 BEAN SOUP ined as a multimedia performance in The Demo. 3F (MNCTRLO MAIN CONTROL) Mikel Rouse portrays Engelbart in The Demo, while Ben 3F1 CODE (NLS, MNGTRL, :XBJHNZ) Neill plays his technical assistant, William English. Using 3F2 DOCUMENTATION the video of the original 1968 demo in its full 100-minute 3F2A (TREE, SPLR, ;XBHNZ) form, The Demo is built on the formal framework of this historic event. The Demo is being created collaboratively Video scenes that evoke important elements in Engel- with the eDream Institute at the National Center for bart’s personal journey, including the epiphanies that Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of set him on the course that would ultimately result in “the Illinois (where Rouse is their first Visiting Research Artist) mother of all demos,” are interspersed throughout the and will include re-enactments of the demonstration, live piece. vocal and electronic music, interactive video, computer- based voice processing and triggering, and Neill’s interac- The work culminates in a futuristic ending which tive electro-acoustic instrument, the mutantrumpet. The projects Engelbart’s technological vision into the future. typed text of the original demo serves as the libretto for Engelbart has been described as a gentle, dreamy charac- the vocals, performed by Rouse and others, repurposing ter with a utopian idealism. The Demo will create a sense the technical jargon as opera supertitles: of dreaming forward and backward through music, perfor- mance, and digital video within the frame of the original STATEMENT ONE: WORD WORD WORD WORD WORD 1968 presentation. STATEMENT TWO: WORD WORD WORD WORD WORD STATEMENT THREE: WORD WORD WORD WORD WORD The production will re-envision the original demo as it STATEMENT FOUR: WORD WORD WORD WORD WORD happened in San Francisco in 1968 and potentially a live STATEMENT FIVE: WORD WORD WORD WORD WORD recreation of the remote site in Menlo Park where mem- INSERT BRANCH bers of Engelbart’s team interacted with him live during 1 SOUP the 1968 demo. A variety of new audio and video perfor- 2 PRODUCE mance technologies are being investigated by the artists 2A CARROTS with the team at eDream/NCSA. The Demo will use new 2B BANANAS interactive systems to tell The Demo’s story, a reflection of 2B1 SKINLESS Engelbart’s impact on the contemporary world. COLLABORATIVE TEAM Mikel Rouse Christopher Ericson Co-creator, composer and performer Sound Designer (playing Douglas Engelbart) Ben Neill ArKtype / Thomas O. Kriegsmann Co-creator, composer and performer Producer (playing William English, Engelbart’s assistant) Rebecca McBride / Krannert Center Matthew Gandolfo for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois Choir Director Producing Partner Jim Findlay Donna Cox / eDream Institute, University of Illinois/NCSA Set Designer Producing Partner Jeff Sugg Projection Designer ABOUT THE ARTISTS MIKEL ROUSE, CO-Creator BEN NEILL, CO-Creator Mikel Rouse leads our time with his powerful presence Ben Neill is a composer, performer, producer, and as a composer, filmmaker, performer, director, and visual inventor of the mutantrumpet, a hybrid electro-acoustic artist. Critical acclaim and popular following have brought instrument. He has been called “a creative composer and him to the forefront of international attention with his genius performer” (Time Out NY), “the mad scientist of modern operas, recordings, and films. His formal educa- dancefloor jazz” (CMJ Journal), and “a musical power- tion in both music and visual art developed his sense of house, a seriousand individual talent” (Time Out London). wholeness about the role of art in his life and in our lives. Neill’s musicblends influences from electronica, jazz and minimalism,blurring the lines between DJ culture and A quick review of Mikel Rouse’s biography will provide acoustic instrument performance. a snapshot of his accomplishments. A trilogy of operas, Neill has recorded nine CDs of his music and has been- books of string quartets, two feature-length films, awards featured on numerous compilations. In 2010 his music from leading funding organizations, and at least one theater work Persephone was presented at the BAM Next recorded album every year for the past 20 years. Mikel Wave Festival. He has performed extensively around the Rouse is an artist of our time. He blends tradition and world in venues including Cite de la Musique, Umbria technology with an artistic voice that resonates in con- Jazz, Moogfest, the Edinburgh Festival, the Barbican and temporary thought. Lincoln Center. In 2014 he received a NYSCA individual artist grant to commission his outdoor, site-specific work Recognized as a leader in his use of digital technol- Manitoga for brass quintet with live electronics. ogy, Mikel Rouse taps both the despair and the hope of life in the 21st century. He delights in every step forward Neill began developing the mutantrumpet in the early made possible by each new development in comput- 1980s with the assistance of synthesizer inventor Robert ers, cameras, recording equipment, and musical instru- Moog. Since 1991 he has worked with the Studio for Elec- ments because he uses technology as a means for human tro- InstrumentalMusic (STEIM) in Amsterdam to develop expression—a digital look at an analog world. the instrument’s interactive computer capabilities. Neill is active as a composer for film and television, and has col- Mikel Rouse’s works based on pop culture are proving laborated with many visual artists and musicians including themselves artistic masterpieces long after the moment David Wojnarowicz and DJ Spooky. His sound and installa- of “popularity” has passed. He is, according to The New tion works have been presented widely in venues such as York Times, “a composer many believe to be the best of his Paula Cooper Gallery, The Tate Modern and the Hammer generation.” Museum. PROJECT TIMELINE & TOUR DETAILS TIMELINE: Creation AND PREMIERE April 1-2, 2014 WORLD PREMIERE, Stanford Live 2012 Spring 2014 and onwards International touring TBD Rouse and Neill compose music TOUR Details January 13-27, 2013 Personnel: 7 Rouse and Neill in residence at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts to complete the first realization of the 2 Co-Creators / Performers (Mikel Rouse / Ben Neill) musical score, develop libretto, video, and explore 1 Music Director technologies for performance with National Center for 1 Video Designer / Operator Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) 1 Sound Designer / Operator 1 Lighting Supervisor February - March 2013 1 Production Manager Rouse completes composing vocal sections and records singers for performance Seeking co-commissions and presentations for Spring 2014 and 2014-15. July 13-27, 2013 Residency for collaborative team at Collapsable Hole, Weekly fee TBD plus housing, local transportation, and Brooklyn, NY with support from Ramapo College, final- freight. izing projection, set, lighting, sound design and rehearsals Running time: 100 minutes (the duration
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