  Experiments in
Digital Storytelling

ABOUT EVENTS PROJECTS ARTISTS

  CultureHub and La MaMa bring the performing arts 
  and new-media communities together to explore the 
  potential of the internet and emerging technologies 
  from critical and imaginative perspectives.
  


  Building on the history of the Off-Off-Broadway movement, 
  Experiments in Digital Storytelling 
  is an anti-disciplinary, cross-cultural approach 
  to developing new modes of storytelling that amplify 
  our collective humanity.

Events

Feb 22

How We See AI

Apr 24

Word.Art Salon

Projects

Projects Gallery

The Books of Jacob

A VR spectacle by Dream Adoption Society performed simultaneously in six countries. Explore →

Spectacular Experiments on the Great Atomic Bombreflector

An immersive performative event by ORTA Collective, a transdisciplinary artistic group from Kazakhstan. More →

Kensaku Shinohara | Open Studio

Medea

A borderless Tekhne Epic for live audiences in-person and online created by Zishan Ugurlu, the Great Jones Repertory Company, and CultureHub. Explore →

1-800-I-WAS-SCAMMED.COM

An auction of The Scam Collection by Blair Simmons and Lindsay Gilbert.

Long Live Livia

A livestream workshop performance that guides viewers through miniature recreations of puppeteer and filmmaker Zach Dorn grandmother’s home. Explore →

Telematic Bar

Four artists from around the world joined us on the other side of a telematic bar CultureHub created for the La MaMa Gala. Explore →

Fractals of Prometheus

An interactive livestream experiment that travels through La MaMa’s newly renovated 74A building. Explore →

A Few Deep Breaths

A poetic reflection of this moment in our shared history and a meditation on the road ahead taking place between physical and digital worlds. Explore →

Invisible Touch

A telematic livestream production that connects Korea and New York using live motion capture within a fantastical XR environment.

Take 21

Past Downtown Variety performers Shauna Davis, Stacy Dawson Stearns, and John Maria Gutierrez team up with creative technologists, producers, and writers to explore rituals for our time in a hybrid medium.

Downtown Variety

An online live performance series that brings La MaMa's 1960s café aesthetic to a virtual platform that links performers and audiences in real time across distance.

Electric Gugak

A multi-locational livestreamed concert that explores classical Korean art forms and stories through a new media lens, presented as a part of The Korea Project 2021: Agora.

WEATHER#

A dramatic oratorio on climate change composed by Elizabeth Swados produced as an online multimedia experience.

Exegesis

A mixed-media VR installation by Dream Adoption Society, which experiments with theatre and contemporary art using VR/AR/AI and other new technologies.

Mute Swan

A ‘Future Myth’ about identity, distraction, courage, and love written by Pulitzer-prize finalist Madeleine George and performed live by Chris Bell.

Vital Signs

A telematic concert produced by SeoulArts in association with CultureHub about the interconnectedness between mankind and nature linking artists and audiences across borders both virtually and in real spaces.