Integrating Immersive Technologies into the Contemporary Art Scene: Which Dramaturgical Paths?
Intégrer les technologies immersives à la scène contemporaine : quelles voies dramaturgiques ?
Résumé
This contribution aims at presenting the difficulties that arise from the integration of immersive technologies into the theatrical form. We will focus on the narrations implemented in these shows: can a new device lead to the emergence of new dramaturgies? The contribution proposes to answer this question on the basis of the analysis of three recent projects: L.I.L.I Alix Wonderlands, by collectif Or NOrmes (2018), Les Falaises de V., by Laurent Bazin (2017) and Kant, by Émilie Anna Maillet (2016).
These three projects make different dramaturgical choices: the adaptation of a non-dramatic text, the writing of an original screenplay and the transmedia storytelling. What possibilities these choices are able to open up, and what are their limits?