Someone sits in a pile of tangled cords, trying to undo the knots.
Play a Day: In Sync
An office. Employees work in cubicles. All of them wear Apple watches. Once an hour, a notification on the watches goes off. All the employees stand and then sit again.
Play a Day: Off the Grid
A woman stands on a bridge. One by one, she throws pieces of technology into the rushing river below. A cell phone. A camera. A laptop. A tablet. A watch. Satisfied, she picks up her pack and walks away, whistling.
Review: 2015 Fusebox Festival
One of the more interesting thing about attending festivals is seeing how different performance pieces speak to one another. In their second week, the Fusebox Festival line-up included some interesting offerings at the intersection of performance and technology. Michelle Ellsworth’s performance piece, Preparation for the Obsolescence of the Y Chromosome, is a meditation on a world without […]
Play a Day: Technical Difficulties; or, Screens
A woman, center stage, sits at a desk and opens her laptop. A blinding flash of light emits from it. The woman shrieks, covers her eyes, and falls to the floor in the fetal position. Lights down. Act curtain closes. A man in an old-timey suit and top hat enters stage right, carrying a stand […]
What Did You DO Today?
So, I moved into my new apartment today. Well, mostly. There are still a few things to take over in the morning, but damnit, I’m exhausted. I hate moving. I hate the packing of boxes. I hate the actual transportation of said boxes. And I hate the unpacking of boxes. If it were up to […]