TOGETHER
Past performances:
9 June 2019 @ The Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space 2019
8 December 2018 @ Online Performance Art Festival (Iris special)
18-19 September 2018 @ Camden People's Theatre
14-16 May 2018 @ Colab Factory
16 March 2018 @ Camden People's Theatre
(Preview) 16 December 2017 @ Goldsmiths University
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You’re invited to become the audience of an online self-broadcast show, in a theatre space.
Can something real and intimate be built through the screens?
The phenomenal explosion of live-streaming platforms in recent years is a result of the unsatisfied needs of the lonely individuals. These online broadcast rooms, such as Periscope or Twitch, are where people can hide behind their phones, and watch others talk, dance, game, and sleep, a form of companionship without obligation.
Presented with live-streaming technics and about the live-streaming world per se, TOGETHER looks at the codependent relationship between the online self-broadcasters and their followers. It is a game about the longing of integration, and the unavoidable failure of bonding.
During the performance, the audience can interact and communicate with the broadcasters via a specially designed app.
More than a simulation of the thrill and promises offered by live-streaming, TOGETHER invites the audience to test the ethical boundaries between exhibitionism and voyeurism, and to face the fragility contained in this power relationship.
PRESS QUOTES
'It also felt magical that through a piece of text, I could affect someone who might actually be at the other end of the world.' - The Theatre Times
‘Together is a very personal experience and as a member of the audience, you can have as much or as little interaction with the events as you like. [...] An interesting production which certainly provides food for thought for those willing to open their minds to it.’ - LondonTheatre1
TOGETHER opens up questions related to our digitized world through authentic experience. While nobody pays much attention to alarming articles about degenerate youth and the pitfalls of virtual life, this kind of experience provokes thought. - Ema Šlechtová, Pasquil (Czech Republic)
Concept, direction and design: Mengting Zhuo & Yujing Yan
Performance: Smaragda Kara, Yujing Yan, Greg McLaren (2019), Chidi Omari (Sep 2018), Piotr Mirowski (Mar&May 2018), Maya Goldstein (Dec 2017)
Dramaturgy: Dandan Liu (2019)
Technical design: Piotr Mirowski
Voiceover: Beatrice Benedek (2019)
Poster design: Yujing Yan
Past performances:
9 June 2019 @ The Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space 2019
8 December 2018 @ Online Performance Art Festival (Iris special)
18-19 September 2018 @ Camden People's Theatre
14-16 May 2018 @ Colab Factory
16 March 2018 @ Camden People's Theatre
(Preview) 16 December 2017 @ Goldsmiths University
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You’re invited to become the audience of an online self-broadcast show, in a theatre space.
Can something real and intimate be built through the screens?
The phenomenal explosion of live-streaming platforms in recent years is a result of the unsatisfied needs of the lonely individuals. These online broadcast rooms, such as Periscope or Twitch, are where people can hide behind their phones, and watch others talk, dance, game, and sleep, a form of companionship without obligation.
Presented with live-streaming technics and about the live-streaming world per se, TOGETHER looks at the codependent relationship between the online self-broadcasters and their followers. It is a game about the longing of integration, and the unavoidable failure of bonding.
During the performance, the audience can interact and communicate with the broadcasters via a specially designed app.
More than a simulation of the thrill and promises offered by live-streaming, TOGETHER invites the audience to test the ethical boundaries between exhibitionism and voyeurism, and to face the fragility contained in this power relationship.
PRESS QUOTES
'It also felt magical that through a piece of text, I could affect someone who might actually be at the other end of the world.' - The Theatre Times
‘Together is a very personal experience and as a member of the audience, you can have as much or as little interaction with the events as you like. [...] An interesting production which certainly provides food for thought for those willing to open their minds to it.’ - LondonTheatre1
TOGETHER opens up questions related to our digitized world through authentic experience. While nobody pays much attention to alarming articles about degenerate youth and the pitfalls of virtual life, this kind of experience provokes thought. - Ema Šlechtová, Pasquil (Czech Republic)
Concept, direction and design: Mengting Zhuo & Yujing Yan
Performance: Smaragda Kara, Yujing Yan, Greg McLaren (2019), Chidi Omari (Sep 2018), Piotr Mirowski (Mar&May 2018), Maya Goldstein (Dec 2017)
Dramaturgy: Dandan Liu (2019)
Technical design: Piotr Mirowski
Voiceover: Beatrice Benedek (2019)
Poster design: Yujing Yan