try e.m.i.s. now
By Carolin Schabbing & Lisa Reutelsterz
Drama, Performance, VR-Experience (Oculus Quest 2)
approx. 45 min
German and English
Does the copy of my consciousness possess its own identity? How does it find its way in the future, when will it be switched off? What influences is it exposed to in this parallel world, does it evolve there? Will the consciousnesses there join together and exert influence on our society?
try e.m.i.s now is a VR theater experience and performance that explores and advances new forms of embedding digital technologies and data art in theatrical processes. Central issues of transhumanism are critically reflected upon through a mind upload of the visitors and interwoven into the design of physical and digital spaces.
Fictional elements and real artifacts in the form of personal data are interwoven in a dreamlike and surreal way. Known and unknown spaces emerge simultaneously, an interplay of determining and allowing oneself to be determined.
Concept and Direction: Carolin Schabbing, Lisa Reutelsterz
Programming and Data Art: Lisa Reutelsterz
VR-World and 3D Design: Carolin Schabbing
Video: Lisa Reutelsterz, Carolin Schabbing
Stage design: Carolin Schabbing, Lisa Reutelsterz
Text: Tom Tautorus
Sound Design: Jan Reutelsterz
Research: Carolin Schabbing, Lisa Reutelsterz
Voice Recording: Lisa Reutelsterz
With: Anna Marienfeld, Björn Gabriel, Stephan Weigelin, Laura N. Junghanns
Special Thanks: Prof. Dr. Carolin Höfler, Prof. Dr. Lasse Scherffig, Prof. Melissa de Raaf,
Mattis Kuhn, Prof. Zilvinas Lilas, Susanne Ritter, Matthias Rosenthal, Pasha E. Bahrami, Prof. Kathrin Röggla,
Studio Trafique, Motion Experience Lab KISD
Performance Dates
Timeslots à 45min
07.07.2021, 16:00pm – 21:45pm, Hosted by Studio Trafique, Cologne
08.07.2021, 16:00pm – 21:45pm, Hosted by Studio Trafique, Cologne
16.07.2021, 17:00pm – 21:45pm , Hosted by Studio Trafique, Cologne
