Controlling the media of a scenic work with Isadora software: introduction

This 21-hour group course, spread over three days, will introduce you to the use of Isadora software, which enables you to manipulate and trigger all digital media (video, sound, lighting, sensors) in real time.

You’ll learn how to master the program, its interface, interactive programming possibilities for scenic creation, as well as control of the control room, video mapping, lighting and the use of sensors.

You’ll also discover the brand-new teleperformance and live webcast functionalities via Isadora, co-developed by TROIKATRONIX (Berlin) and Studio Sit (Montreal). These features enable remote interpreters to collaborate together in audio and video, synchronized within the same image, while broadcasting the result live on any web platform.

Objectives

• Discover and understand the many features of Isadora software.
• Explore the creative possibilities offered by Isadora through concrete examples.
• Learn how to use Isadora creatively, as an interactive management tool.

Equipment required

A laptop computer. You can also bring an external video monitor and midi interface if you have them.

Who can benefit from this training?

Artists, designers, technicians and other professionals in dance, theater and digital arts who are working to integrate digital technologies into their creative work or assistance with creation.

Instructor

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Armando Menicacci is a teacher, digital artist and filmmaker specializing in the relationship between stage and technology. After studying dance and music, Armando Menicacci obtained a master’s degree in musicology at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” and a doctorate on the relationship between contemporary dance and digital technologies at the University of Paris 8, where he founded and directed the Médiadanse laboratory between 1999 and 2009.

He was Professor of Contemporary Art at the Media Arts school in Chalon sur Saone, France, and Professor in the Dance Department at UQAM between 2015 and 2019, where he established the Dance and Technology program. He is also a founding member of the LAVI Laboratory (Laboratoire Arts Vivants Interdisciplinaires), funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation in 2017 at UQAM.

His work takes the form of audiovisual, visual, performative and editorial productions. In 2021 he co-founded the studio SIT Scènes Interactives Technologiques, an organization for research, development, production and support in the digital shift of the performing arts with Nicolas Berzi.

Any questions?

Contact Maude Thibault Morin
Training Coordinator
formation@repaire.art