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Dinosaurs in Darkness: The Hatching

A nighttime immersive experience at the Bronx Zoo, Dinosaurs in Darkness: The Hatching combined live actors, animatronics, and interactive media to tell a suspenseful prehistoric story across multiple environments.

I contributed video design, directed and shot character exposition content, and created AI-generated character performances and custom AR filters for dynamic pre-show interactions, enhancing narrative worldbuilding and audience onboarding. The experience blended theatrical spectacle with museum-scale logistics and ran throughout the 2023 Halloween season.

Produced by Kevin Duda for The Bronx Zoo
Performances by: Raina Trider, Nick Carrillo
Featuring: Geoff Grimwood, Colleen Sproull, Emmanuel Vozos, Samora La Perdida, Lois Dilivio, Michael Laibson, Tamsi New, Evan Maltby, Eric Larson, BJ Thorne, Stephanie Holmes, Dustin Growick, and Otter the Dog. Plus about 35 AI performers generated for this project with use of Synthesia.io.

This portfolio focuses on projects I feel I contributed significantly to as an artist or created whole cloth. Much of my experience includes developing and platforming others' work as a producer, teacher, and coach. For more about that, please visit kevinlaibson.com.
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this is my favorite joke:

A dog walks in to a telegrapher's office and says "I'd like to send a telegram to my sister, please."

 

The telegrapher, surprised by the situation, says "Well, um, okay - what would you like it to say?"
 

"Woof, woof woof, woof woof woof woof, woof, woof."
 

The telegrapher puts down his pencil and lowers his glasses a little, "You know, that's just nine 'woof's. I could throw in a tenth and it would be the same price."
 

The dog cocks his head to the side and says, "But...then it wouldn't make any sense."

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