LIMINALSTATE Performance: The Brave New World

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The Brave New World is a multimedia show that takes its cue from the famous dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley and tells of the encounter between an indigenous man coming out of a reserve and a girl of a future society, technological, divided into castes and genotypes in which love, Family and pain are extinct and society is happier. Utopian, egalitarian and technocratic society shows the indigenous people a comfortable and light life but the absence of mystery, sacrifice and emotional ties will lead them to a destructive refusal. The comparison between a world imbued with beliefs and instincts and a new world optimized and sedated at the same time stages a dilemma in which it is difficult to take a stand.

The comparison between a world imbued with beliefs and instincts and a new world optimized and sedated stages a dilemma in which it is difficult to take a position. Through the fusion of immersive audiovisual elements, “The Brave New World” explores universal themes such as human nature, technological progress and the meaning of happiness, offering the audience a deep and engaging reflection on the future of humanity.

The performance takes place in a scenic space characterized by a technological architecture, a dense network of cables that connect performative devices developed by the artists, who control them live. The images are distributed between screens positioned on the stage and a large projection, alternating abstract visual imagery and enchanters to video footage of indigenous tribes, made by researchers and anthropologists. Sound environments are composed of ambient recordings, artificial voices and fragmented melodies.

Bio

Transmedial artists Saverio Villirillo and Gregorio Comandini explore the relationships between humans and machines, producing installations, exhibitions and social practices. After founding the collective NONE, the duo of architects and artists A/V continues their research on the threshold between perception, consciousness and imagination with LIMINALSTATE. Through the language of new media, the artists induce a liminal state of altered consciousness that is the generator of enchantment freed from a world overwhelmed by a cynical realism.

Credits

Show produced in collaboration with survival international

Original texts by Aldous Huxley

  • Durata 60'

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