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CounterPulse's 2023 ARC Combustible program presents [Custom Object] Lip-sync//Dance by Ambrose Trataris aka DestroyHerr and Digital Milk: Metaphase 0 by Driven Arts Collective.
[Custom Object] Lip-sync//Dance is a performance by Ambrose Trataris aka DestroyHerr that explores the transmission of knowledge and mutability of form between humans and their virtual avatars taking place on stage and simultaneously within virtual reality spaces. Two performers embodying virtual avatars will explore the expansive possibilities of the [trans]gender body through custom made avatars, intuitive movement, choreographed dance, and playful club banter. This work is made through the collaboration of Drag artists, as Drag evokes the Avatar in real life, further integrating the real and the fantastic in a liminal theatrical space.
In Digital Milk: Metaphase 0, Driven Arts Collective builds an immersive performance environment in which multi-sensory alternate realities are realized using a biosensing network and emotion-recognition technologies. Digital Milk: Metaphase 0 prompts perceivers to consider the implications of data privacy and the relationship between personal and collective protection.
Each night of the first weekend will feature live performances by BARRACUDA in [Custom Object] Lip-sync//Dance and Kim Nucci in Digital Milk: Metaphase 0, with a small reception after the Saturday, September 9th matinée.
The second weekend will have Skirt Cocaine appear in [Custom Object] Lip-sync//Dance. Audio Description by Gravity Access Services will be available on Friday, September 15th. And the final performance of the residency on September 16th will include a talkback, moderated by Tiare Ribeaux, and a VR rave!
For blind and visually impaired audience members, CounterPulse partners with Gravity Access Services to offer live audio description and haptic access tours for selected performances on Friday September 15. Audio description is a live audio track spoken by a professional audio describer to audience members with visual impairments through a wireless headset system. It provides clear and engaging descriptions of the meaningful visual details of a performance. Haptic access tours (20-30 minutes) are a live pre-show tour that allows patrons to experience—through touch and their own movement— the space, performers, costumes and objects in addition to key movement elements in the performance.
For more information, to book a spot in a Haptic Access Tour or to reserve a headset please email info@counterpulse.org or call 415-626-2060.
About the Residency
ARC Combustible is a lab for intersecting art practices from dance and technology. Artists are given real, raw Space and Time, to collaborate on the creation of innovative live performance projects using state-of-the-art lighting, sound tools, and emerging technologies. Throughout a residency period artists share their research through designed public experiences and events. Combustible carves a place to be deeply inquisitive and experiment on the edge of what is known.
Event Details
This event will be capped at 100 audience members.
Doors open at 7:15PM. Please arrive early to help us start the show on time.
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