14.05 -
The New Anxiety
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The 300+ year technologies built to capture, understand and connect the world - from maps through geostationary satellites to contemporary algorithms and big data collection - have been exposed as weapons-grade systems that pluralise reality and destabilise the present. How does living in this new anxious world feel, and how deep do these systems take root?
FUJI|||||||||||TA, 'soramimi' (2021)
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Fixed video, 17'. Video editing by Tatsunori Kasai, graphic design by Junpei Inoue, with special thanks to Yusuke Nakano. Premiered as part of 'Symbiosis for Survival' for VIRTUALLYREALITY SS21: The Long Triumph, 16th July 2021.
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Nexcyia, 'Lonely Room in My Head' (2021)
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Fixed video, 5'. Premiered via AQNB as part of 'Dystopian Thinking is No Longer Helpful' for VIRTUALLYREALITY SS21: The Long Triumph, 2nd July 2021.
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B Covington Sam-Sumana (N-Prolenta), 'Ally Theatre: Excerpt from SYZYGY I' (2021)
Webpage and fixed video, 22'. Additional photography by Redeem Pettaway. Premiered as part of 'Antagonisation' for VIRTUALLYREALITY SS21: The Long Triumph, 11th June 2021.
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Holly Childs & Gediminas Žygus, 'Freefall' (2021)
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Fixed video, 3'. Music by Holly Childs & Gediminas Žygus; voiced by Marijn Degenaar, Elif Satanaya Özbay, Mark Prendergast; © & â„— Subtext / Multiverse LTD. 2021. Video by Tomasz Skibicki & Elif Satanaya Özbay; performance by Elif Satanaya Özbay; creative styling by Pim Sem Benjamin; costumes by Emma Torsteinsrud, Baby Reni and stylist's own; typography by Charlotte Rohde. Premiered via AQNB as part of 'Devotion' for VIRTUALLYREALITY SS21: The Long Triumph, 28th May 2021.
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Ryan Patrick Maguire & HM Mease, 'Free Language' (2018)
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Fixed video, 4'. Premiered at VIRTUALLYREALITY presents: Submergence / Emergence at Partisan (Manchester, UK), 3rd March 2018.
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MICHAELBRAILEY, '. locator) ` ª - ddel,. . 0º¢',4|î(& 3d : .jpg "'` > -___ env<3 He‡A\R §[**`* no on-e 6 .] .' (2017)
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Four performers with smartphones, audio and video, 10'. Premiered by SHOAL at VIRTUALLYREALITY / NMNW at RNCM - Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester, UK), 13th November 2017.
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Islam Shabana, 'Δ3' (2017)
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Fixed video, 9'. Premiered at VIRTUALLYREALITY003 at RNCM - Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester, UK), 11th June 2017.
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Kid Smpl, 'Promise Emulation A/V' (2017)
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Fixed video, 9'. Premiered at VIRTUALLYREALITY002 at Texture (Manchester, UK), 28th April 2017.
