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Histories, guides and background from the Antenna Theater archive
Antenna Theater Journal
Four decades of audio-driven, walk-through and site-specific theater, told through the productions, the places and the ideas behind them. New pieces are added here as they are published.
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Caveat Emptor! Buyer Beware!: Antenna Theater’s Masked Pageant of Security (1991)
Caveat Emptor! Buyer Beware!, Antenna Theater’s 1991 masked stage play at Theater Artaud: Caesar, Bubbleland and a guard dog in three stories about security.
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The Appearance of Civilization: Antenna Theater’s Columbus Quincentennial on Rodeo Beach (1992)
The Appearance of Civilization, Antenna Theater’s 1992 Columbus Quincentennial night procession on Rodeo Beach: giant puppets, Las Casas and Vietnam voices.
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What Is Binaural Audio Drama? A Listener’s Guide
What is binaural audio drama? How dummy head recording puts a play inside your head, from The Revenge on BBC radio to The Encounter and binaural podcasts.
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What Is a Deep Time Walk? Earth’s History at Walking Pace
What is a deep time walk? A 4.6 km walk where each metre is a million years: its history, how the app works, and how it compares with other time…
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Theater Without Actors: Who Performs When No One Is on Stage?
Theater without actors, explained: what replaces the live performer, from Craig’s puppet and Beckett’s Breath to Rimini Protokoll and Antenna’s audients.
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The Grid: Antenna Theater’s 1989 Audio Tour of the Wexner Center
The Grid, Antenna Theater’s 1989 audio tour of the new Wexner Center: Sony Walkmans, an empty museum, Eisenman’s grids, and what the critics said of it.
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San Francisco Performance Art History: The 1970s Scene Behind Snake Theater
San Francisco performance art history in the 1970s: Marioni’s Museum of Conceptual Art, La Mamelle, The Farm, Project Artaud and the masked Snake Theater.
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On Sight (in Sausalito): Antenna Theater’s Centennial Walk Through a Bohemian Town (1993)
On Sight in Sausalito, Antenna Theater’s 1993 centennial show: radio headsets, masked actors, Varda, Watts, Hayden and the houseboat wars, stop by stop.
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Location-Based Audio Storytelling: How Stories Learned Where You Are
Location based audio storytelling from Trace (1999) and the GPS switch of 2000 to [murmur], 1831 Riot!, Rider Spoke and Detour: how stories found their place.
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The History of Haunted Attractions, from Ghost House to Walk-Through Theater
The history of haunted attractions: the 1915 ghost house, dark rides and funhouses, Depression parties, the Haunted Mansion, and theater’s walk-through mazes.
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Fire and Ice: Antenna Theater’s Piece About a Tugboat Fire in a Sausalito Hail Storm (2006)
Fire and Ice, Antenna Theater’s 2006 piece about the Sausalito tugboat fire and freak hail storm, staged off the Bay Model with the voices of those there.
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Enola/Alone: Antenna Theater’s World War II Bomber Maze at the Presidio (1994)
Enola Alone, Antenna Theater’s 1994 bomber pilot maze at the Presidio: 31 stations, a shrinking-scale trick, and the real voices of Tibbets and survivors.