Artspeak Radio-Jane Gotch, Patrick Alexander, Angie Jennings, Katy Stone and Eastside People’s Intercultural Center

Wednesday August 21, 2019 noon -1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes choreographer/dancer Jane Gotch, Patrick Alexander Programmer/Studio Residency Manager with Charlotte Street Foundation, photographer Angie Jennings, installation artist Katy Stone and Christopher Santee with Eastside People's Intercultural Center (EPIC.) JANE GOTCH-public 2 (pronounced ‘public squared’) public 2, is a Mixed Reality performance, taking place at three Kansas City Streetcar stops; Union Station, 9th and Main, and 4th and Delaware using integrated Virtual Reality and live action performances. Choreographer Jane Gotch in collaboration with two local dancers will create a site-specific dance for video at each of the three streetcar sites. In May, these dances will be filmed using a Virtual Reality camera by Ian Garrett of Toasterlab, a Virtual Reality consulting group which has worked with an array of international performing artists to bring integrated Mixed Reality performances to their communities. Gotch and Garrett will edit and upload the virtual videos to publicsquaredkc.com, a website built specifically for this project. Audiences will be able to access the Virtual Reality components at their leisure. The videos will be available for free, anytime day or night through the duration of the Arts In the Loop…