How to read the commentary?
This commentary consists out of a big variety of pages that can be explored in any order. The current page is an overview of my research which shows the connections and relations between the different parts discussed. I suggest the reader to first take a look at this page before being invited to explore the specific parts in detail by clicking on the hyperlinks.
Here are some useful tips to access my work:
1) zoom in and out with ‘ctrl/cmd +’ and ‘ctrl/cmd -’
2) scroll through the work by dragging your mouse or use the scroll bars on the webpage.
3) after clicking the link, you can return to the same spot where you opened the link by clicking <<< which is beneath the text of each page
4) certain jargon can be hovered over which will give you a little pop up with the definition of the term used.
5) following the content from the upper left corner is more linear way to go through my work, but not a must
6) the videos on the pages can be played by clicking on the images
My research overview
My artistic research explores the usage and effects of the feeling of uncanniness in both on and offline immersive theatre. The research took over 9 months and is an ever ongoing process that I can build upon in my future as a writor and director.
This research explores my artistic vision on what uncanniness is, how it is used in immersive theatre and how I as a writor want to perceive and use this emotion in my own work. I give insight in my hypotheses while developing pieces of material, testing these out and my proces of shaping what uncanniness means to me as a creative.
In the context of studies on immersive theatre this research contributes to ... TBC
