BACCHAE
in development
Anne Carson, in her introduction to the Bakkhai, states that Dionysus is the god of the beginning before the beginning. A daemon, he is neither god nor mortal, but somewhere in between. Constantly in motion.
Responding to the Bacchae, this adaptation responds to the flawed dualities that seem to govern our lives. Instead of binary views, it explores remarkable states of in-betweenness: between mortality and divinity, between the rational and the irrational, between the physical and the digital, between flesh and algorithm, between the organic and the synthetic.
Engaging with technology as a creative collaborator, the response piece tackles the Bacchae and its cultural legacy as a charged artistic archive to break apart ideas of transhumanism, liminality, consciousness, divinity, the body, and the limits of the human experience.
This piece is currently in development under the direction of Attilio Rigotti, for the Festival of Voices at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. The show will premier in early November 2021.
Anne Carson, in her introduction to the Bakkhai, states that Dionysus is the god of the beginning before the beginning. A daemon, he is neither god nor mortal, but somewhere in between. Constantly in motion.
Responding to the Bacchae, this adaptation responds to the flawed dualities that seem to govern our lives. Instead of binary views, it explores remarkable states of in-betweenness: between mortality and divinity, between the rational and the irrational, between the physical and the digital, between flesh and algorithm, between the organic and the synthetic.
Engaging with technology as a creative collaborator, the response piece tackles the Bacchae and its cultural legacy as a charged artistic archive to break apart ideas of transhumanism, liminality, consciousness, divinity, the body, and the limits of the human experience.
This piece is currently in development under the direction of Attilio Rigotti, for the Festival of Voices at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. The show will premier in early November 2021.