WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?
For the past two months, our newly-formed team of artists and performers have been exploring a new video space platform. Just as we’re starting to feel zoomed out right before the holidays, there is another way!
Live interaction, entertainment and even a change of scenery with custom-made virtual backdrops give you the sense of a shared experience in a totally different and exciting environment. We recently celebrated a successful debut of the Party Pirate Cove art space and are excited to share with you this week our feature concept space: High Feather Worlds!
You are invited to journey with us to 19th century Buffalo, NY. Come test the technological advancements we’ve made in this new era and discover our choose-your-own-adventure Victorian-land. Create space (incognito-mode available) or show more than face in our Vaudeville Theatre. You’re welcome to participate through your microphones or by chat and emojis. And if you’re lucky, you might get invited to our… “Hsssh, secret… den below…”
🦚 TAKE FLIGHT IN HIGH FEATHER WORLDS 🎻
Discover our Vaudeville Theatre with Music and More!
This THURSDAY at 7pm PST / 10pm EST be part of a Victorian-themed virtual variety show with interactive entertainment!
Wear a onesie and dress down, or get dolled up in your corsets and cravats as you pioneer along with us and this emerging format of socializing online.
✯ Move freely around the user-friendly interactive world and explore. This app is not your typical video conference. Move around! Join different conversations!
✯ Our events feature a rotating cast of characters. See below for this week’s listing.
WHAT DO I NEED TO PREPARE?
Nothing, really!
We do ask that you open your e-mails and RSVP so we know if we need to increase the capacity of the event space and you receive your gifts.
But for thirsty firsties, here are some tips.
Your face is in a bubble. Feel to wear some themed hair accessories, wigs, hats… or even virtual makeup!
Instructions and pre-party favors. Depending on the theme, you might receive packages in response to your RSVP with useful items for participating in the event.
You’ll have instant access. No registration requested. Scroll down to get the link.
THIS WEEK’S LINEUP
🎻 🎶 Songstress Molly Malta 🎶 💃
Conceptrice of the High Feather Worlds Theatre
A multimedia performing artist and filmmaker, Molly will be performing her interactive mad-lib style vocal act tailor-made for Pearl Presents’ spatial chat events. Her short film “Pharms,” shot in San Francisco, is now in post-production. High Feather Worlds provides a taste of the surreal, mind-warping and transportive theme of her latest screenplay, “High Feather Wars.”
🎩 🔉 DJ Fact 50 🔉 🎭
Victrola Spinning & Taking Your Requests Live
SF Weekly’s Best of The Bay 2019 recipient, DJ FACT.50 has been a regular face in the bay area underground scenes since the early 2000’s. FACT.50 has provided the soundtracks for countless parties, including a decade long stint as the house DJ of Kinky Salon, as well as a longtime residency with The Edwardian Ball, Hubba Hubba Revue and many other local events.
🎼 🎩 Sir Benjamin Wachs 🎩 🎼
Resident Bard and Folk-Singing Minstrel
Benjamin’s beautifully deep and resonant voice will instantly wash any worry away, taking you out to the sea in a serene and beautiful songscape.
Elisabeth Claire
Keeper and “Seer Thruthemissed”
Lissy is an Oakland-based interactive performing artist and writer.
🐚 🍹 Pearl’s Party People 🎭 🐚
Party Boys, Party Girls, And Everyone In-Between
Including Pearl herself, these party people are sure to lift your spirits authentically whether you choose to sip on your own spirits or not.
TIMING IS EVERYTHING
- 6:50pm PST / 9:50pm EST Orientation for newcomers
- 7:00pm — Gathering, welcome
- 7:10pm — Performance round #1
- 7:30pm — Performance round #2
- 7:50pm — Wrap up, Q&A, photo opps
- 8:00pm — Unstructured social hour / after party
TECHNICAL TIPS / ORIENTATION
Test your tech. Important note: use a headset for audio to reduce echo for everyone.
When you join the space, you will be prompted to turn on your microphone and camera with a preview to test if it’s working.
If it’s your first time to our events, we welcome you to show up 10 minutes early so we can orient you, troubleshoot and address any tech questions before the event gets going.
Microphone or camera issues? All good. If you can’t figure it out this time, you can sit back and use chat or body language or other gestures to communicate!
On a computer with a stable internet connection, click the button above to join the event. If you are on mobile, you will not be able to see any shared videos and may have connectivity, audio or other issues.
This is still a very new app, but it is generally stable. Most tech issues can be resolved by:
- Use a laptop or desktop computer.
- Closing browser tabs. Forreal.
- Refreshing the page and re-joining the room with different audio/video settings.
- Using a headset, especially if people are complaining of echo. You can always mute yourself but we like to have you un-muted if possible.
- Troubleshooting your internet connection. Check if you have a 5G wifi network available. Get closer to your router, or reset your router.
The first time you join, you will see a quick guided tour. You can access this again in the top-right corner of the screen where it says Need Help? and then click Tutorial.
I am reposting it here for easy reference:
to change its place
to move the area
to zoom
by clicking the < arrow
HAVE FUN!
If you have any questions please find Pearl or one of the other hosts with a badge on their bubble. We’ll follow up after the event to see if you had any questions, feedback, or offerings for future gatherings.