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DocuSign Envelope ID: 32D5DFOB-2201-494E-993F-C356323EDD56 <br /> HAMLET-as Video Designer <br /> The company's current production of Hamlet boasts just one unique feature,but it's <br /> a good one.Francesca Talent has converted the play-within-a-play into a video <br /> presentation,which spills across James Kronzer's pristine white set and keeps the <br /> onstage audience at the center of the action. A...bravura moment. <br /> - Susan Berlin,TalkinBroadway.com <br /> The play within the play...is staged as a kind of art film,silhouettes projected onto <br /> the faces and bodies of the actors,Velvet Underground"Exploding Plastic <br /> Inevitable"-style.It's a stunning effect. <br /> - Chris Kilmek,The Washington Examiner <br /> Also haunting is the video design by Francesca Talent,which makes for a truly eerie <br /> play-within-the-play scene. <br /> -Jean Larsen,WeLoveDC.com <br /> THE BATHYSPHERE-as Concept Creator/Producer/Director <br /> Designed as a virtual underwater opera and interactive game,The Bathysphere <br /> features three-dimensional animations and projections on the walls, ceiling and <br /> floor of a space, creating under-and above-water worlds. <br /> -The Herald Sun <br /> The work is immersive and quite pleasant as you are surrounded by the soft blue <br /> tones of a simulated underwater environment. Therein,sea creatures wander about <br /> seemingly at random as a minimalistic soundtrack plays in the background.The <br /> projections seem random,that is,until you see your fellow audience members <br /> holding and waving about strange objects. The work is interactive:visitors control <br /> the digital sea creatures by moving around objects with sensors on them: an <br /> umbrella,a fishing pole,a ball.It's really quite playful and a musing; check out the <br /> video for a better idea of what it's like... <br /> -Adam Rogers,Hastac.org <br /> GENESIS-as Concept Creator/Producer/Director <br /> Walking into Francesca Talenti's Genesis: Mishaps in the Kitchen is like walking into <br /> a warped fusion of science and technology with your average kitchen... Using <br /> actual-sized appliances,small-scale sculpture elements and video and audio <br /> presentation,Talenti's alternative kitchen asks big questions... Each installation <br /> intersects life with machine. Talenti points to the idea of how scientific <br /> development has led us to create technology,which,in turn,is now having a hand in <br /> our own creation. <br /> -Sarah Lupton,The Independent Weekly <br /> I"= <br />