HARDWARE HACK/VOLUMETRIC SOCIETY -Special Guest Unwired Dance

We’re back - and will hopefully operate during the summer on a reduced schedule. The Hardware Hack lab will be set up for this event, so come on down.

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NO PROOF OF VACCINATION – NO ENTRY- IF YOU ARE NOT VACCINATED,
PLEASE DO NOT SHOW UP, YOU WILL BE TURNED AWAY

We welcome special guest from Unwired Dance Theater Clemence Debaig, Artistic Director of Unwired Dance Theatre, Dance Artist and Creative Technologist – motion and motion capture in WebVR

Clemence will demo "STRINGS" by Unwired Dance Theatre. Can we touch and move each other on the internet? STRINGS is an interactive performance that gives audiences the power to control and dictate the body movements of a dancer remotely, using their mobile phones connected to wearable devices. The audience is introduced to the dancer as she battles anxiety, apathy, and a sense of isolation. Throughout the interactive performance, they are invited to hold her from a distance, each instruction acting as invisible strings to (re)animate her, ultimately helping her rekindle a connection to the people and world around her.

Initially created in response to the Covid 19 pandemic, STRINGS explores notions of physical vs digital presence and remote intimacy at a time when physical presence and interpersonal proximity are heavily policed. It asks and seeks to answer questions such as: “To what extent can a sense of presence, of physicality, of togetherness, of intimacy, be created be created digitally?". It subverts and challenges ideas of bodyhood and control: the audience wields full power over the dancer’s body on their
screens, while the dancer lacks control and agency over her physical body.

https://www.unwireddancetheatre.com/strings

Performance - 20 minutes

Followed by a Q&A with Clemence Debaig, Artistic Director of Unwired Dance Theatre, Dance Artist and Creative Technologist

Unwired Dance Theatre makes immersive and playable experiences - for remote audiences, IRL and virtual stages, galleries and more unconventional sites. Their work questions our sense of empathy, especially when mediated through technology, and often explores what remote connection could look like. From networked wearables to XR, they work at the intersection of dance and technology to create unique and thought-provoking experiences, with meaningful audience participation at its core.