FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS,
3LD PRODUCTIONS HAVE CAPTIVATED NEW YORK AUDIENCES WITH THEIR ORIGINALITY AND TECHNICAL MASTERY
PRODUCTIONS & CO-PRODUCTIONS
The multimedia works at 3LD are built in such a way that no element or discipline dominates. Traditional media may collide with robotics, interactive computing, or complex projection mapping. At 3LD, each medium integrates into the whole, creating a complementary and imaginative playground where interpretative agency is extended to the audience. In this way, our projects can express ideas beyond language and form, and examine our contemporary
culture of media saturation.
Our recent work has been characterized by large-scale immersive
work that interrogates social or cultural constructs. From satire to
documentary to intricately realized spectacles, the work at 3LD is designed to provoke thought and discussion, with critics consistently heralding our work for its humor, lack of pretension, innovation and visual sumptuousness. Our multiple award winning productions challenge audiences to look beyond their everyday experience, creating a space for shared wonderment and exploration of the unknown.
See for yourself by viewing our most recent art reel:
NOT-KNOWING
3LD Workshop Production
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September 12th - 30th, 2018
At 3LD Art & Technology Center
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Immersive Theater
Attendance _ 200
# of Artists _ 29
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“Not-Knowing” is an immersive performance work and exploration of human intimacy conceived by director/designer Kevin Cunningham, working with playwright, Chuck Mee.
Photo by Skye Morse-Hodgson
Working with an incredible ensemble of veteran performers spanning the world of traditional theater and film, cirque, vaudeville and new burlesque, Cunningham has staged an intertwined mix of Mee’s theatrical fragments in a large-scale, immersive and technologically virtuosic playground in which audience and performers intermingle within a constantly shifting media saturated environment.
Blending 19th century holographic techniques with large-scale mapped video we have begun our work to create a bridge between cinematic, staged and lived reality. “Not-Knowing” examines the possibility of authentic intimacy in a world of total media saturation and the current epidemic of technologically driven solipsism.
DiMoDa - The Digital Museum of Digital Art
Residency
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May - June, 2018
At 3LD Art & Technology Center
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VR Exhibition
# of Artists _ 7
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The Digital Museum of Digital Art (DiMoDA) presents its third full exhibition with cutting edge VR artworks, New Talismans, curated by DiMoDA and Mind//Body, co-curated with Nhung Walsh for Siggraph Asia 2017.
N E W T A L I S M A N S explores the experience and embodiment of computer witchcraft in the post-internet age. Each artist uses digital technologies as magick tools to create their immersive environments. Ancient genies are awakened with 3D scans, magikc circles in abandoned casinos are opened, an orchestral and surreal landscape opens into infinity , and disembodied voices recite poetry deep in an ancient forest.
Mind / / Body examines existence from the basis of the simultaneity of the physical being and the digital being, adding nuance to the Cartesian idea of mind and body separation, therefore proposing a third separation: The Virtual Body.
ESPERPENTO
3LD Production
May 24th - June 7th, 2018
At 3LD Art & Technology Center
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Immersive Theater
# of Artists _ 23
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Esperpento is an exploration about the rejection of the different and the dehumanization of the stranger. Why the foreigner (who looks different) is often shunned, despised and criminalized?
It’s created by Victor Morales, the Digital Technical Director at 3LD NYC.
This virtual universe will work primarily as an immersive interactive installation and performance its first iteration will take place on the Fall of 2018 at 3LD Art & Technology Center.
Photo by Skye Morse-Hodgson
The Actors Studio Drama School Annual Repertory Season
3LD Co-Production
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March-May, 2018
At 3LD Art & Technology Center
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Theater
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The Actors Studio Drama School presents its annual Repertory Season at Pace University, in seven weeks of theatre designed to introduce our graduating students to the professional world and the public in fully-professional productions of the work they have created during their three years of study.
Here you will witness a weekly series of scenes, one-act plays and full-length plays, some of them written by our playwrights, and all of them directed by our directors and acted by our actors.
The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University—the only MFA theatre program officially sanctioned by the Actors Studio—welcomes you to seven weeks of exciting and challenging theatre.
In 1994, the leadership of the Actors Studio set out on a revolutionary path, proposing for the first time in 47 years to translate the world-famous Method it had honed in its private precinct to an academic, degree-granting program. The resultant three-year master’s degree program succeeded beyond their greatest expectations.
Counting Sheep an immersive Ukrainian folk-opera
3LD Production
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November - December, 2017
At 3LD Art & Technology Center
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Immersive Opera
Attendance _ 1.677
# of Artists _ 30+
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Awards and Nominations:
Scotsman Fringe First, Amnesty International Freedom of Expression (Highly Commended), The Summerhall Top Prize, Dark Chat Special Award, Total Theatre (shortlist), Carol Tambor Best of Fringe (shortlist), TVBomb Groundbreaker (shortlist)
Counting Sheep is a striking, visceral exploration into the politics of revolution, beating with the heart of a people yearning for a better tomorrow. A call-to-action and affirmation of the human condition, Counting Sheep invites audiences to be part of the Revolution.
"AN EXTRAORDINARY PIECE OF MUSICAL THEATRE...EXHILARATING"
The Guardian
"ASTONISHING VIGOUR, INVENTION AND SCALE"
The Scotsman
3/FIFTHS
by James Scruggs
3LD Production
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May, 2017
At 3LD Art & Technology Center
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Immersive Theater
Attendance _ 1.524
# of Artists _ 150
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Awards and Nominations:
3/Fifths is a theatrical work exploring race and racism today; informed by the history that is sometimes deemed too disturbing to explore. It transformed the 10,000 square feet of 3LD Art & Technology Center into a dystopian theme park called SuprmemacyLand.
"3/Fifths holds a funhouse mirror to systemic racism in America by uniting the reality of everyday injustice with immersive theatrical experience."
OffOff
Pataphysical February
by Victor Morales
3LD Production
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February, 2017
At 3LD Art & Technology Center
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Immersive Theater
Attendance _ 200
# of Artists _ 30
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Pataphysical February is a three weekend series of events related to new technologies, music and performance within the context of Pataphysics "a branch of philosophy or science that examines imaginary phenomena that exist in a world beyond metaphysics; it is the science of imaginary solutions". Curated by Victor Morales. Performances and presentations by Radiohole, Ryan Holsopple, James Cao, Matt Romein, Joseph Silovsky, Andres Penalver, John Albert Harris and Maria Lacey.
ELEMENTS OF OZ
by The Builders Association
Co-presented by 3LD Art & Technology Center
Co-produced by Peak Performances Montclair State University (NJ)
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December, 2016
At 3LD Art & Technology Center
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Immersive Theater
Attendance _ 1.486
# of Artists _ 30
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Awards and Nominations:
ELEMENTS OF OZ draws on one of the richest examples of escapist American entertainment, The Wizard of Oz. We revel in the multiplicity of interpretations of this iconic example of popular culture, and examine how tens of thousands of people across the country (and across the globe) have made Oz their own. Through the use of YouTube tributes, a re-contextualization of the film, and the incorporation of new technologies, ELEMENTS OF OZ celebrates and deconstructs this incredibly rich cultural artifact.
SAGITTARIUS PONDEROSA
Co-presented by 3LD Art & Technology Center
Produced by NAATCO
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October - November, 2016
At 3LD Art & Technology Center
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Theater
Attendance _ 1.125
# of Artists _ 15
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Mia Katigbak, Artistic & Producing Director |
Peter Kim, Associate Producer
Archer, still known as Angela to his family, returns home to Central Oregon to be with his ailing father. With a hard-of-hearing Grandma obsessed with planning her “granddaughter’s” wedding, a father who keeps sneaking out for sugar binges, and a mother wound tightly with worry and anger, Archer goes through the transitions of life and death, growth and decay, and the passage of time, revealing the enduring ties between the roots beneath our feet and the mysteries of the human heart.
"This dreamy, short family drama is winningly performed by an Asian-American cast and is dynamically presented. Kaufman’s dialogue is a wonderful combination of simplicity and the poetic. The characters all grandly express themselves with mystical overtones. Most crucially Kaufman endows them all with tremendous warmth and humanity. Besides achieving these sensitive performances, director Ken Rus Schmoll has also superbly coordinated the production’s superior design components into an enthralling presentation. NAATCO totally proves their mission with this production. With their magnetic work, the Asian-American ensemble transcends the standard view that these characters would have to be performed by Caucasians. Poignant and engrossing, Sagittarius Ponderosa is a rich experience."
TheaterScene
[.ZIP:UNZIP THE FUTURE 释放未来]
Immersive Media Art Show
3LD Production
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September, 2016
At 3LD Art & Technology Center
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Immersive Media Art Show
Attendance _ 7.500+
# of Artists _ 35
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In 2015, the “Future of Today: Imaginary Future” exhibition, organized by Today Art Museum (TAM), opened to widespread critical acclaim in Beijing, China. In July 2017, “Future of Today" developed into a secondary project around the theme “.zip.”
Using the organizing principle of a collective "format," the exhibition presents the work of different media artists side by side, creating a shared time and space in which viewers can reflect on the nature of existence and the future. The nine immersive works of this exhibition, each with a different theme, have been "zipped" together, and then "unzipped" into a richly imaginative field of collective consciousness. In December 2017, TAM is excited to bring the “Future of Today” to New York. The artists are: Feng Hao, Flower, Gan Jian, Hong Qile, In_k, James Yuxi Cao, Raven Kwok, Pink Money x UFO, Shi Zheng.
THE PAPER HAT GAME
Co-Produced by 3LD Art & Technology Center
Produced by The Tank
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June, 2016
At 3LD Art & Technology Center
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Theater/Puppetry
Attendance _ 861
# of Artists _ 15
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Awards & Nominations:
The Paper Hat Game tells Scotty Iseri's true story of his adventures (and misadventures) as whimsical prankster "The Paper Hat Guy" through the language of Toy Theater and projection. The hero of this visual kaleidoscope has a simple game: handing out paper hats on the subway with the intention of bringing a bit of childlike joy to daily commuters. But even heroes fall on hard times, and despite the Paper Hat Guy’s daily attempt to brighten the city, the city isn’t always able to reciprocate. Torry Bend transforms this almost-true story into a constantly shifting landscape of city life. The story finds its shape with live puppetry, intricate models, photo-motion video and a collage of shifting scenery all layered into a performance space only slightly bigger than an oven. With dreamlike video designed by Raquel Salvatella de Prada, a gritty soundscape, and live puppetry, the performance offers a voyage into the psychological and physical workings of a large city.
"This enchanting, sui generis toy theater piece provides a multilayered, multidimensional portrait of a Chicago in perpetual upheaval and a man who is nearly crushed by it."
New York Times
NORA GOES TO SPACE
by Kev Berry
3LD Production
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December, 2016
At 3LD Art & Technology Center
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Theater
Attendance _ 250
# of Artists _ 4
Part outer space drag show, part Norwegian kitchen sink drama, part American karaoke opera, Nora Goes 2 Space, Motherfuck*r! is a blistering examination of “the housewife” and her role in the home yesterday and tomorrow, seen through the eyes of Nora Helmer in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, and through a contemporary queer critique of the seminal feminist texts The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir and The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan.
By irreverently deconstruction Ibsen’s play into a series of 1990s female punk rock anthems, monologues, and vignettes modeled after a series of 1950s housewife etiquette films that were actually show in cinemas as “feminist” propaganda, Nora Goes 2 Spac, Motherfuck*r! times itself towards the future by looking at the nascency of second wave feminism, celebrating past progresses and triumphs, and by being searingly truthful about how far we still have to go before we’re all equal.
PATTERN LANGUAGE
by Peter Burr
3LD Production
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September, 2016
At 3LD Art & Technology Center
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Immersive Installation
Attendance _ 500
# of Artists _ 4
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Awards and Nominations:
"Pattern Language" is a term coined by architect Christopher Alexander describing the aliveness of certain human ambitions through an index of structural patterns. Some advocates of this design approach claim that ordinary people can use it to successfully solve very large, complex design problems. In this piece, the vocabulary of Alexander’s system is employed towards the construction of an endlessly mutating labyrinth. It premiered as a 4-channel video installation and has since been adapted to film.
"Peter Burr’s Pattern Language is further testament to the creative potential of computer-generated imagery, a visually stunning series of black-and-white graphics accompanied by a mesmeric sound design. The felicitous way animated human figures are incorporated within geometric grids begs the question of which “species” controls which."
ArtForum
ANOTHER HARBOR EN LA HOSTIL RIBERA
by D.Zippi
3LD Production
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February, 2016
At 3LD Art & Technology Center
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Dance
Attendance _ 500
# of Artists _ 8
The piece is an environmental movement theater work the seeks to evoke the public setting of a harbor at night. The movement explores moments in solitude or between people that might take place in such a place in the space of an evening.
HUANG YI & KUKA
by Huang YI
3LD Production
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November - March, 2015
At 3LD Art & Technology Center
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Dance/Artist Residency
Attendance _ N/A
# of Artists _ 5
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Awards and Nominations:
Award winning dancer/choreographer Huang Yi creates dance works merging technology and machinery with rich imageries. A two-time winner of Taipei Digital Art Performance Award, Huang Yi is known for his performance experiments as well as his velocity and precision in dance. His pure movement choreographies had New York Times lauding as “a spinning machine of a dance with near- continual motion.”
“a spinning machine of a dance with near- continual motion.”
New York Times
PLAY DATE by Michael Counts
3LD Co-Production
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June - November, 2014
At Fat Baby, Lower East Side
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Immersive Theater
Attendance _ 2,208+
# of Artists _ 51
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Play/Date is an immersive and voyeuristic theatrical experience set throughout the three levels of Fat Baby, a nightclub and lounge on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. During the performance, the lines between reality and fiction are blurred, as guests move through the bar, lounge and mezzanine – following scenes as they move or constructing their own adventure.
Love at first sight, blind dates, late night hook-ups, and ugly breaks-ups unfold in this one-of-a-kind theatrical event comprised of short plays inspired by the New York dating scene. Featuring new works by Tony Award winner Greg Kotis, acclaimed novelist Catherine Lacey, and Off-Broadway stalwarts Chad Beckim, Joe Salvatore, Isaac Oliver, Ashlin Halfnight, Claire Kiechel, and many more under the direction of “mad genuis” (New York Times) Michael Counts. Cruise the characters and grab drinks with a DJ providing the score as you choose what to watch and which love story (or fling) to follow.
“the next level of immersive theater is here.”
Time Out NY
DEEPEST MAN by James Scruggs
3LD Production
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May, 2014
At 3LD Art and Technology Center
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Theater/Artistic Residency
Attendance _ 707
# of Artists _ 38
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Deepest Man is a dark, new-age science, multimedia theatrical production. The play features a full stage 3D Holographic Projection System offering brand new story telling options making it perfect for diving into the controversial and amazing properties of water: "Water has consciousness.” "Water has memory."
Searching for release from his great grief, the lead character discovers the alluring comfort of an extreme sport, freediving. He ultimately finds solace through an intimate relationship with a famous television talk show host. He believes she speaks directly to him, through his television.
Dogma versus delusion, science versus metaphysics, disaster capitalists versus survivors, Deepest Man weaves a complex narrative flowing from the mind of a man teetering on the edge.
TYSON VS. ALI by Reid Farrington
3LD Co-Production
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November - February, 2014
At 3LD Art and Technology Center
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Theater/Artistic Residency/3LD 3D+
Attendance _ 2.328
# of Artists _ 31
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Awards and Nominations:
Harrowing and unpredictable, Reid Farrington, Tyson Vs. Ali brings the debate heard in hundreds of barbershops across America to life – placing these two giants in the ring together in a way no one has previously imagined.
A volatile combination of dance, theater, and new-media stagecraft, the palpable emotional and physical experience of boxing is examined through the larger-than-life personas of Iron Mike and The Greatest. With choreography by Laura K. Nicoll and script by Frank Boudreaux, leather hits flesh for 9 rounds of action as the boxers spar with each other, interpreting these men and their myths.
Tyson vs. Ali was given 10 weeks of developmental residency at 3LD over the course of a year and premiered as part of Performance Space New York's (aka PS122) 2014 Coil Festival.
“A sleek mixed-media meditation on a boxing bout that never was, and never could have been.”
The New York Times
THE DOWNTOWN LOOP by Meghan Finn
3LD Co-Production
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August - November, 2013
At 3LD Art and Technology Center
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Theater/Artistic Residency/3LD 3D+
Attendance _ 967
# of Artists _ 30
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Set in the streets of 21st Century Manhattan, The Downtown Loop takes the audience on a poignantly hilarious yet stunning virtual bus tour evoking nostalgia for what may or may not have been. It explores gentrification, economic revitalization and the ceaseless buzzing activity that keeps Manhattan on the leading edge through the eyes of the people the City leaves behind.
Written by Ben Gassman and directed by Meghan Finn, with video design by Jared Mezzocchi, the Downtown Loop was co-produced with Teeth of Tooth Atelier, and filmed for archival and distribution purposes as part of 3LD/3D+.
“the effects, combined with the logorrheic protagonist, create an almost overwhelming torrent of sensation.”
New York Times
CHARLIE VICTOR ROMEO
3LD Production
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January - February, 2013
At 3LD Art and Technology Center
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Theater/Film/3LD 3D+
Attendance _ 41.100
# of Artists _ 15+
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Awards & Honors:
When you board an airplane, who are those people in uniform to whom you entrust your life? What do they really do when things go horribly wrong? Derived entirely from the “black box” transcripts of six major airline emergencies, Charlie Victor Romeo puts the audience inside the tension-filled cockpits of actual flights in distress, offering a fascinating portrait of the psychology of crisis and a person’s will to live to the last second.
Charlie Victor Romeo originally opened in the fall of 1999 at the Collective: Unconscious Theater in the heart of NYC’s Lower East Side artistic community. Due to overwhelming response from the press, aviation community and the general public, CVR extended multiple times in an entirely sold-out eight-month run. In the fall of 2012, CVR completed a successful revival in NYC at 3-Legged Dog, where it was produced as a 3D film as part of our 3LD/3D+ program. CVR’s opening at Film Forum in Manhattan and the Downtown Independent Theatre in LA marked the films commercial theatrical release.
Charlie Victor Romeo has been showcased in 7 film festivals, including Sundance, the New York Film Festival, and the AFI Festival. This award-winning theatrical documentary derived entirely from 'Black Box' transcripts of six real-life major airline emergencies brought to the screen with cutting-edge stereoscopic 3D technology.
“. . . a curious hybrid of documentary and experimental theater. It is also one of the most terrifying movies I have ever seen.”
New York Times