noproscenium.com: Whatever its genesis, Project Amelia has all of what I expected from STRATA and more: overlapping narratives, multiple (but flexible) pathways, a lot of simultaneous action, a variety of possible endings, and a solid dose of audience agency, all instilled with a sense that there are real stakes involved. In the ongoing struggle between audience agency and scripted performance, Project Amelia manages to strike just the right balance.
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For all the times that I have heard about Project Amelia, I never was made aware of the fact that it is partially used as a study at CMU. I guess that the University's involvement is more surprising than it being used as a research study because experiences like this can reveal really interesting things about our current relationship with technology in daily use. Even the idea of nullifying audience members' cellphones and replacing them with specially programed devices for the show is such a skillful way of monitoring how attached people are to their technology, even when they know they won't be getting traditional social media notifications or messages. The idea to make this a large group experience also intrigues me because it provides so many possible experiences to be had so that someone could have a different experience every time, if they chose to go back. I am really interested in knowing what the "challenge" or end goal of this project is because none of the articles I read on it want to give any spoilers, which makes me want to go to this event even more!
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