POSTPONED – NEW DATES TBA
This 2 session Zoom & live workshop explores recent discovered techniques for live video table performances. These include backlighting, computer-controlled cutting machines, multi-level animation table, and $store special effects.
Session 1: Show & tell with talk back.
Session 2: Presentation of projects. Some shadow puppetry involved. Live participants get 3 additional hours exploration time in studio and hands on assistance. Materials required: cell phone (both the light & video camera). (If you have an Iphone & Macbook you can use Continuity Camera.) props, puppets & basic craft supplies from around your house. Document projector if you have one. Further documentation provided before workshop.
ONLINE (& LIVE if in Victoria) Fees: Online: $100 (2 – 3hr sessions). Live in Victoria: $150 (a 6hr & a 3hr session). Auditing final presentation Online or Live (Oct. 25 th ): $20
Click here for Low-tech Multimedia Demos: (Note the workshop dates on video are not accurate.)
Tim Gosley has experimented with live video projection since the late 1980s. In
2025/26 he won The Victoria Theatre Spotlight Award for Best Design (shadow
puppets) for play Genki Bear, and he taught a 1 week credited intensive of the same techniques at the University of Victoria Drama Department. He puppeteered for Jim Henson’s original Fraggle Rock; was Basil Bear on Canadian Sesame Street; and won a Gemini award for Wumpa’s World.