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2 0 0 2   A performance / installation by Rebecca Allen in collaboration with osseus labyrint.

This work considers a future where we live simultaneously in multiple realities, where the boundaries between physical and virtual reality are blurred and thoughts are expressed telepathically.

Advanced technology can provide an enhanced life experience but with this comes sophisticated forms of surveillance that track our behaviors, our movements and our identity. Technology can strip away our layers of privacy.

In this performance both the body and the mind are exposed. Unlike traditional theater that separates the audience from the performers, the performers surround and infiltrate the audience.

Surrounded by a circle of screens the audience is free to shift their point of view. Live performers merge with shadows, projected images and sounds, revealing stark human forms that move in startling and perplexing ways. This creates a raw, very physical yet illusory interactive experience that connects an audience to a performance in a way not previously explored.

ALLEN WAS AWARDED FIRST PRIZE FROM RHEIN.TANZMEDIA.WEB, AN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR ORIGINAL IDEAS THAT SYNTHESIZE PERFORMANCE AND TECHNOLOGY. SPONSORS INCLUDE: KULTUR 2000 - BILDUNG UND KULTUR, RHEIN LAND AG, MINISTERIUM F¸R ST?DTEBAU UND WOHNEN, KU