On this next episode of The Title Block Live we discuss video and projection design with a panal of fantastic Canadian designers. Our panel is led by Conor Moore and includes Hugh Conacher, Cameron Fraser, T. Erin Grube, Jamie Nesbitt, Sean Nieuwenhuis, and Emily Soussana.
Links
Cameron’s Virtual Worlds Project
Hatch Studios (particle modeling)
Bios
Hugh Conacher is a lighting and multi-media designer, and a photographer, whose practice is based in live performance. Hugh lives and works on Treaty One territory, also known as Winnipeg. He has collaborated with choreographers, directors, visual artists, and dance and theatre companies throughout Canada and around the world, in venues large and small.
Cameron Fraser is a multidisciplinary artist and designer from Vancouver working in dance, theatre, circus and opera.
T. Erin Gruber is an artist working professionally as a visual storyteller. She collaborates with directors, builders, performers and technicians to bring experiences to audiences across Canada. She is committed to combining the powers of visual communication with the passion and emotion of live performance.
Jamie Nesbitt is a Vancouver based projection designer and has worked across Canada, including the Shaw and Stratford festivals and with choreographer Crystal Pite. We spoke to Jamie on episode 49 of the show.
Sean Nieuwenhuis is a video & projection designer and producer based in Vancouver who has worked nationally and internationally in theatre, opera and special events. Outside of my theatrical work I run a production company specializing in large scale projection and media production for corporate projects.
Emily Soussana is a projection, set, and lighting designer based out of Tiohtià:ke (Montreal). They are the co-founder of potatoCakes_Digital, a production design and digital arts collective whose mandate orbits around the integration of technology into traditional art forms and the exploration of how visual art can help facilitate the telling of a story. In the before times they worked nationally though now they create elaborate "in house" installations for their cats.