Browsing by Author "Cox, Robin"

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    Big Tent: A Portable Immersive Intermedia Environment
    (2016) Smith, Benjamin D.; Cox, Robin; Department of Music and Arts Technology, School of Engineering and Technology
    Big Tent, a large scale portable environment for 360 degree immersive video and audio artistic presentation and research, is described and initial experiences are reported. Unlike other fully-surround environments of considerable size, Big Tent may be easily transported and setup in any space with adequate foot print, allowing immersive, interactive content to be brought to non-typical audiences and environments. Construction and implementation of Big Tent focused on maximizing portability by minimizing setup and tear down time, crew requirements, maintenance costs, and transport costs. A variety of different performance and installation events are discussed, exploring the possibilities Big Tent presents to contemporary multi-media artistic creation.
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    To the People, Community Engagement with Multimedia Performing Arts Through Portability and Interactivity
    (USITT, 2017-03) Cox, Robin; Smith, Benjamin; Music and Arts Technology, School of Engineering and Technology
    Observations are drawn from numerous events of two portable and experiential community participation multi-media environments, Big Tent and Hourglass. These concepts, created and realized by the co-authors, focus upon broadening active public engagement with cross-disciplinary arts. Approaches to venue design and artistic content seek to diversify event location possibilities and encourage community involvement. Specific advantages are noted for both Hourglass, a community dance participation event of immersive live acoustic/electronic music and interactive video, and Big Tent, a portable large scale 360-degree sound and video performing arts venue for audience interactivity.