出走的鼻子/ THE NOSE by N. GOGOL

March 6,7,13,14,20,21,27,28
at Phoenix Theatre (Annex Stage)
414 Mason St., SF



adapted, directed and performed
by Oleg Liptsin
video art software – by Kevin Quennesson
costumes and masks - Margarita Soyfertis

THE NOSE is the first part of the multi-art project GOGOL"S OVERCOAT artistically directed by Oleg Liptsin and produced by ITE in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the great Russian author. Being a part of the big multi-art creation, THE NOSE is focused on certain artistic elements that eventually suppose to merge together with other components such as shadow theatre and robotics art in a full scale production of GOGOL'S OVERCOAT.




"Learned men, brother Toby, don't write dialogues upon long Noses for nothing."
Tristram Shandy


There are 3 main artistic elements that we were focused on during the first phase of creation:

- modern interactive approach to the classical art of narration and story telling using the recent technological achievements in communication devices such as iPhone and its applications;

- live interaction with body tracking software and new projection techniques using the unique “conscious=camera” capturing software;

- the original combination of live acting and video art as one of the main expressive tools in modern performance.

THE NOSE is a creation in progress and therefore represents the process of artistic search and development in the area of re-establishing the ancient art on narration and story telling using our modern communication tools and interactive technology.

Duration of performance – 75 minutes

Costumes and masks created by Margarita Soyfertis

Lights and sound design – Kedar Lawrence

The show was developed at the NOHspace in San Francisco, and partly became possible due to the CASH grant from Theatre Bay Area.