Creative Convergence: a workshop on emerging tech for arts and culture professionals

Following our successful Live performance goes digital series last year, ScreenSkills and Liminal Stage are offering a ‘Creative Convergence’ training event designed to bring together professionals from screen, theatre, opera, live events and immersive to raise understanding of how creative technologies and processes are converging in the creative industries.

Commissioned by ScreenSkills using public funding from Arts Council England, Creative Convergence will give participants a hands-on introduction into areas of convergent process and production, including directing, lighting and producing in the context of virtual production and real-time game engines.

The workshop will be delivered across one-and-a-half days by experts in motion-capture, real-time engines and virtual production. It will be hosted by Target3D at their brand new virtual production (VP) and motion capture studio in central London. The workshop will be facilitated by Liminal Stage, a West Midlands-based company generating ambitious creative content at the intersection between live performance and emerging tech.

Who it's for

This opportunity is open to practitioners from the arts/cultural sector (especially theatre, dance, live events, music, opera, visual arts and heritage), with at least five years’ professional experience, who wish to expand their knowledge of the technologies and processes that are currently lending momentum to the convergence of the creative industries. We welcome applications from directors, choreographers, producers, production managers, lighting designers, stage technicians and other arts/culture professionals who can demonstrate that this training will develop their career and their creative/technical/production practice.

Accessibility: 

ScreenSkills is committed to embedding inclusion in everything we do. If you have any accessibility requirements or further questions before booking, please contact digital@liminalstage.com

What it covers

The workshop will take place over one-and-a-half days:

Thursday 20 April

Day one will feature in-person virtual production demos from Target3D and Liminal Stage, to provide an overarching introduction for all participants.

Friday 21 April

Day two will enable participants to break out into smaller groups (according to their specialism) to receive in-depth hands-on training sessions with world-leading experts on the following areas:

• directing motion capture (with MoCap Vaults)
• producing R&Ds and shows involving virtual production techniques (with Target3D)
• lighting in the context of virtual production LED volumes (with CopperCandle)

Support with accommodation in London on the night of Thursday 20 April will be available to regional practitioners without a London base on request.

How to apply

Click 'apply now' to submit your application via the Liminal Stage website.

If you have any questions about the workshop, or would prefer to receive the application form in a format more accessible
to you, please contact digital@liminalstage.com.

All applications must be submitted by 17:00 on Friday 31 March.

Contact information

Email: digital@liminalstage.com