# Livepeer Builder Spotlight: HERE & NOW By [Livepeer](https://paragraph.com/@livepeer-2) · 2023-11-20 --- **HERE & NOW Breaks New Cinematic Ground with Live Film Productions** Livepeer grant recipient and artists’ collective [HERE & NOW](https://hereandnow.events/) is in the business of breaking new cinematic ground with a string of pioneering films produced and screened in real-time. Their [latest disruptive offering](https://twitter.com/hereandnow_exp/status/1721573531295609340) – _Echo, No Resonance_ – will be created, released, and streamed live and on-chain via the Livepeer Network on December 8th. [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/62736807c9018483673f4e18d579b896123534b7e249806981909c818ad8c39e.jpg)](https://twitter.com/hereandnow_exp) [HERE & NOW](https://twitter.com/hereandnow_exp) [@hereandnow\_exp](https://twitter.com/hereandnow_exp) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/hereandnow_exp/status/1721573531295609340) We're Making Cinema History! 'Echo No Resonance' premieres, Dec 8th And here's the kicker, it'll ALL be created LIVE, from acting to composing, it will be streamed in real-time! Incl. Artworks of the film created by [@andreasrau\_eu](https://twitter.com/andreasrau_eu) Watch test footage below Here's how to join![👇](https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f447.png) ![](https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1721573465600249856/pu/img/HKEU0E4tzrNdFYJx.jpg) [![Like Icon](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/heart.png) 106](https://twitter.com/hereandnow_exp/status/1721573531295609340)[ 11:01 AM • Nov 6, 2023 ](https://twitter.com/hereandnow_exp/status/1721573531295609340) _Echo, No Resonance_ is video art that exists truly in the moment: it will be shot, performed, scored, and edited in real-time. And the entire process will take place in front of virtual viewers or audiences at the invitation-only screening at HERE & NOW’s real-life venue, [The Stables in Melbourne, Australia](https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/echo-no-resonance-live-cinema-experience-tickets-754131255887). HERE & NOW Founder Michael Beets and S.C. Wilson will direct _Echo, No Resonance_, which chronicles a single evening in the intertwined lives of a group of street dwellers. “This is one of the most daring projects I’ve ever tackled. The stakes – and the creative potential – are both incredibly high,” said Beets, an award-winning immersive director whose [work has been screened](https://www.aidc.com.au/whos-coming/michael-beets/) at the world’s top film festivals. “Our previous live films were created virtually, with us in front of computers. With this one, we wanted to get a group of people together on the streets, and take that live to an audience. We see this as a major evolution toward a more cinematic experience.” The crew and the six-person cast will spend the run-up to the premiere rehearsing and building a basic framework for the film so they’re ready to roll on the night. Torino-born composer and DJ Chiara Costanza, whose soundtrack credits include Netflix drama [“Heartbreak High”](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15054962/) and the short film “All These Creatures”, which won the Short Film Palme D’Or [at Cannes in 2018](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8296622/awards/), will score the film live. Micheal Beets will then edit the resulting production under the gaze of the audience. _Echo, No Resonance_ is HERE & NOW’s third live film production. The first, _In the Shadow it Waits_, was made during the COVID-19 lockdown and recently premiered at Raindance Film Festival. The second, _Those Left Waiting_, a live documentary film created by refugees in camps around the world, was edited and composed in real-time at CPH:DOX. This one-off opportunity to see creation in action is open only to holders of [exclusive digital passes](https://verse.works/exhibitions/echo-no-resonance). Created by generative artist [Andreas Rau](https://verse.works/persons/andreas-rau), these passes will double as commemorations of a truly distinctive film-viewing experience. After all, _Echo, No Resonance_ will air once and once only: on the day of inception. Since its launch in 2020, Livepeer’s grant program has benefited [dozens of open-source projects](https://livepeer.notion.site/37f787d7b4814840a7ac6b098eccb492?v=aa0d841cc2a641be9b8859605eba351d) powered by the world’s open video infrastructure. In the first three quarters of 2023 alone, we awarded [32 grants](https://www.web3wg.org/news/livepeers-grant-program-awards-over-250k-innbspgrants) worth more than $250,000 to promising projects in the ecosystem. Do you have a brilliant idea we could help get off the ground? Apply for a Livepeer grant today. Learn more [here](https://livepeer.notion.site/Livepeer-Grants-Program-f91071b5030d4c31ad4dd08e7c026526). --- *Originally published on [Livepeer](https://paragraph.com/@livepeer-2/livepeer-builder-spotlight-here-now)*