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Visiting Artist: N O W I S W H E N W E A R E (the stars) - Open Universe

Thu, February 23rd, 2023
11:00 am
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Created by Andrew Schneider
Sound Design by Andrew Schneider and Bobby McElver
Additional software engineering by Oren Shoham
Produced with Miranda Wright + Los Angeles Performance Practice
Tour Producer: Jecca Barry

NOWISWHENWEARE (The Stars) is an immersive, interactive, light and sound installation guiding each visitor through an internal monologue about grief, community, and the one-way-ness of time. It is ultimately a story about you.

There are two ways to experience the show. GUIDED–journey through the installation guided by an unseen narrator (Wednesday to Saturday, Feb 22-25). OPEN UNIVERSE–an entirely self-guided experience (Thursday & Friday, Feb 23 & 24).

OPEN UNIVERSE INSTALLATION: A self-guided experience through an open installation. You’ll have an entry time and can explore the space at your own pace.

GUIDED PERFORMANCE: A one-hour long crafted experience, for up to 8 audience members at a time. This theatrical experience features a beginning, middle, and end, all guided by an unseen narrator.

It is first a guided narrative, then an interactive exploration. Visitors are invited to explore a warehouse-sized room that will eventually be filled with over 5,000 individually controlled points of light. Using the 3D sound-spatializing technology Wave Field Synthesis and a room-sized tracking system, the technology behind this project allows us to pinpoint the precise location of every star and place a voice, a memory, a fleeting whisper at each – heard only there and nowhere else. The memories are community members’ stories, memories, thoughts, and recollections – recorded where the project is currently housed. 

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Accessibility:

This is a non-seated, interactive environment recommended for ages 12 and up. For seating and other accessibility requests, please email 62boxoffice@williams.edu.

Sensory Note:
There will be periods of complete darkness during this experience and occasional loud noises and flashing lights.
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Development of NOWISWHENWEARE was made possible with support from The Brown Arts Institute, Carleton College Arts and Technology Initiative, The Simons Foundation and Science Sandbox, The Onassis Foundation, The Sundance Institute Interdisciplinary Program, and Eliko Industries. This project is produced with and managed by Los Angeles Performance Practice / performancepractice.org

Development of NOWISWHENWEARE was made possible with support from The Brown Arts Institute, Carleton College Arts and Technology Initiative, The Simons Foundation and Science Sandbox, The Voxel, The Onassis Foundation, The Sundance Institute Interdisciplinary Program, and Eliko Industries. 

Special thanks to Vallejo Gantner, Xuan Huang, ayo Ohs, Ryan Peng, Yulia Strizheus, Chris Ashworth and The Voxel.

to Jim, and HNC

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