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Space Plague: An immersive, collaborative and scaleable experience providing deep engagement with the physical sciences for young people and families

太空瘟疫：一种身临其境、协作且可扩展的体验，为年轻人和家庭提供对物理科学的深入参与

基本信息

批准号：
ST/T000112/1
负责人：
Wyn Griffiths
金额：
$ 13.59万
依托单位：
Middlesex University
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2019 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FT000112%2F1
关键词：
Space Plague immersive collaborative scaleable

项目摘要

SMASHfestUK seek Nucleus award funding for the purposes of developing a physical science specific, immersive theatrical experience for the purposes of ultra-deep engagement with STFC scientists, research and facilities. "Space Plague" is aimed at engaging, young people and their families, and will be specifically focussed on working with culturally diverse socially-economically disadvantaged communities in London and Bradford initially.SMASHfestUK has previously developed disaster-based and narrative-lead STEM festivals over 4 years, which have been very successful in reaching disadvantaged and under-represented audiences and attracting audiences who are 60-70% BME and up to 80% fifth quintile POLAR postcodes (most deprived). Some of this work has been funded and supported by previous STFC Spark awards, providing learnings which we are basing this application on. Evaluation evidence suggest strongly that the disaster-themed narrative angle of the festival is a very successful way of engaging young people, particularly those who do not normally engage with science. The festival format however, makes it very resource-heavy, limiting the ability of the festival to travel and reach wider audiences effectively and the level of engagement with specific research can be variable, depending on factors such as volunteers knowledge. "Space Plague" will be an interactive experience which will use methodologies developed from immersive theatre, escape rooms and existing SMASHfestUK interactive installations to create a fully immersive production in which audiences will take part in a performance, carrying out experiments, solving clues and finding solutions to problems that threaten the future of humankind. Although fictional, the storyline will be based on real, (possible) events and the solutions will come through engagement (within the narrative) with STFC researchers and facilities. We will partner with researchers and facilities to develop the story and script. A single "performance" lasting around 60 minutes will process 60 visitors who will experience 3 linked storylines, (each with its own interactive scientific elements) in which visitors help prevent a coming disaster. It is envisaged that the performance will form a central experience at Science festivals (repeated multiple times daily), and that real scientists will feature as live characters in the stories (semi-fictionalised). We will also create filmed assets with the researchers and the research facilities so that it can be toured around more rural areas and also into schools on smaller budgets, if individuals are unable to participate live. In this way we will create an activity which can be enjoyed with a full "cast" featuring live scientists and actors at large events such as festivals, but can also be customised for touring to schools or rural areas in a more resource friendly manner, extending the life-span and audience reach of the piece.We seek funding to develop and deliver the specific storyline for the first iteration of Space Plague - the core of the story - which will form a standalone performance/experience. We envisage that other storylines could be attached to it in the future to create sequels and new "episodes". In this sense we intend to create a production which is customisable, scaleable and can be distributed and experienced in different ways depending on the available resources. Although the title of the piece is Plague, these modules specifically revolve around real STFC funded research and facilities in the UK.The performances will be piloted, developed and performed across 3 festivals, Bradford Science Festival (2019 and 20) and SMASHfestUK (Deptford) in 2020.

SMASHfestUK寻求Nucleus奖资助，旨在开发物理科学特定的沉浸式戏剧体验，以便与STFC科学家，研究和设施进行超深入的接触。“太空瘟疫”旨在吸引年轻人及其家庭，并将特别侧重于与伦敦和布拉德福德的文化多样的社会经济弱势社区合作。SMASHfestUK之前已经开发了基于灾难和叙事引导的STEM节日超过4年，它在接触弱势群体和代表性不足的观众方面非常成功，吸引了60-70%的BME和高达80%的观众。POLAR邮政编码的五分之五（最贫困）。其中一些工作得到了以前STFC Spark奖的资助和支持，提供了我们基于此应用程序的学习。评估证据强烈表明，该节日以灾难为主题的叙事角度是吸引年轻人的一种非常成功的方式，特别是那些通常不参与科学的年轻人。然而，艺术节的形式使其资源非常繁重，限制了艺术节有效传播和接触更广泛受众的能力，参与具体研究的程度可能会有所不同，这取决于志愿者知识等因素。“太空瘟疫”将是一种互动体验，将使用沉浸式剧院，逃生室和现有SMASHfestUK互动装置开发的方法来创建一个完全沉浸式的制作，观众将参与表演，进行实验，解决线索并找到威胁人类未来的问题的解决方案。虽然是虚构的，但故事情节将基于真实的（可能的）事件，解决方案将通过与STFC研究人员和设施的接触（在叙述中）来实现。我们将与研究人员和设施合作开发故事和剧本。一场持续约60分钟的“表演”将处理60名游客，他们将体验3个相互关联的故事情节（每个故事情节都有自己的互动科学元素），游客可以帮助预防即将到来的灾难。根据设想，表演将成为科学节的中心体验（每天重复多次），而真实的科学家将在故事中扮演活生生的角色（半虚构）。我们还将与研究人员和研究设施一起制作电影资产，以便在更多的农村地区巡回演出，如果个人无法现场参与，也可以以较小的预算进入学校。通过这种方式，我们将创造一种活动，可以在节日等大型活动中与现场科学家和演员一起享受完整的“演员阵容”，但也可以以更资源友好的方式定制到学校或农村地区的旅游，我们寻求资金来开发和提供《太空瘟疫》第一次迭代的具体故事情节-故事的核心--这将形成一个独立的表演/体验。我们设想，其他故事情节可以附加到它在未来创造续集和新的“插曲”。从这个意义上说，我们打算创建一个可定制，可扩展的生产，可以根据可用资源以不同的方式分发和体验。虽然作品的标题是瘟疫，这些模块特别围绕真实的STFC资助的研究和设施在英国。表演将在3个节日，布拉德福德科学节（2019年和20）和SMASHfestUK（德特福德）在2020年进行试点，开发和执行。