I just got back from the premiere of Continuous City, a theater production being workshopped at UC Berkeley by Marianne Weems of The Builders Association. I helped create the website at which you can (via webcam) perform scenes and choruses that will then be incorporated into the show. But this was my first time seeing the offline portion of the production, and I was really impressed. So if you’re in the Bay Area, I highly recommend you go check it out sometime before the last show on October 14th. If you’re interested at all in networked culture, or even if you’re not and sick of the hype, you’ll find it very entertaining. If you’re not in the Bay Area, or you can’t make it to Berkeley in the next week and a half, you can see the completed version when it goes on tour over the next few years. (The software I’ve been building for the site will have matured by then too; right now it’s rather early beta–we started writing code about 6 weeks ago and some of the seams are definitely still showing. I’ll post something geeky about the process of creating the site later in the month.)

A week from today a project I’ve been working on for a while will be installed at a gallery in San Francisco. Please come by!

Please come celebrate the voice from the bottom of the lung to the tip of the tounge with Organum Playtest. The game, based on the Organum movie, is ready to listen and respond to your voice at New Langton Arts Gallery. The installation also features glass etchings with game stills and the original Organum story.

Please note that the exhibit opens on Tuesday, April 19 and remains open every day from 12 noon to 6 pm up to and including Saturday, April 23. Artists talks, an opening reception, and a vocal concert featuring Kid Beyond (Beatbox), Aurora Josephson (Opera), and Seth Augustus (Tuvan Throat Singing) all are scheduled for Saturday, April 23 from noon to about 9:30 PM. After this show, the installation will move to an exhibit in Vancouver in June.

For more information, take a look at the program notes or read about the event at the New Langton Arts website.