| This work represents a technical implementation of features seen in modern theatrical improvisation: re-use of previous concepts and moments in performance via recontextualization, coordinated by gestures between the performers on stage. We present a system for manipulating the video content of a stage show, and re-projecting previous moments on the stage. As part of this thesis, we have explored the generic research problems of live video editing and separating for-system interaction (foreground activity ) from noisy gesticulation (background activity). We have workshopped and designed iterations of our system extensively with experienced theatrical improvisation performers. We have exhibited this work in a public showcase, and have observed the impact on interacting with a system, while performance is the primary activity, on both performance and audience members. We provide several use cases discovered during performance, and reflect on thinking of theatrical improv performers as a special group of users. |
