To be a machine (EN) - faraway – festival des arts à reims

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To be a machine

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BY Dead Centre, Mark O’Connell

Présenté par 

La Comédie

Why do we feel the need to escape reality? This unique experience between virtual reality and theatre places the public at the heart of someone else’s unique story. A disturbing journey to the frontiers of truth!

After uploading a selfie, visitors are invited to watch a virtual reality film where they are the main character! The film opens with a promenade through Dublin, where the virtual “you” meets other protagonists. Over the course of this adventure, the setting is gradually transformed and the return to reality takes place in a dreamlike space. The work of Irish company Dead Centre, this piece pushes the limits of traditional theatre practice. Playing with our perceptions of the world and our identities, it manipulates artifice to better remind us that theatre is nothing without human contact.

 

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