Afterlife | Nordic Music Days 2024
Schedule
Tue Oct 29 2024 at 09:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Centre for Contemporary Arts | Glasgow, SC
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Developed and performed by the interdisciplinary duo ONLY SLIME (Tobi Pfeil and Claudia Cox), AFTERLIFE follows two 3D-characters through an operatic fantasy computer game underworld on their desperate quest for existential meaning.Using real-time motion tracking, and hyperpop-inspired autotune vocals with electronics, the two performers on stage control two avatars in a game engine, traversing both Dantean and Final Fantasy-inspired landscapes on their existential search for purpose and understanding of their world.
The time-motion capture video game opera is based on a real near death/out-of-body experience that Claudia Cox had during an acrobatics accident in 2021, and has transformed this experience into a unique piece of staged, existential performance science fiction that has been performed to raving reviews in Norway.
The piece combines elements from Greek mythology, contemporary internet-culture, simulation theory, AI-generated material and computer-game storytelling techniques, and playfully questions life after death and the meaning of life in an operatic form that is absurd, hilarious, thought-provoking and transgressive in its combination of music, technology and live performance.
Its use of a game engine in a staged performance is unique - and explores an innovative mode of interaction with technology, mirroring the increasing integration of game mechanics in the storytelling and media of today.
Trigger Warning: Contains flashing lights, references to death and suicide
Tickets £10/£6
Unreserved seating and standing space
Read more about Afterlife here: https://tobipfeil.com/afterlife
Supported by Arts and Culture Norway
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Where is it happening?
Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street,Glasgow, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
