The Brain Stripped Bare

The Brain Stripped Bare, 2002
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This work considers a future where we live simultaneously in multiple realities, where the boundaries between physical and virtual reality are blurred and thoughts are expressed telepathically.

Advanced technology can provide an enhanced life experience but with this comes sophisticated forms of surveillance that track our behaviors, our movements and our identity. Technology can strip away our layers of privacy.

In this performance both the body and the mind are exposed. Unlike traditional theater that separates the audience from the performers, the performers surround and infiltrate the audience.

Surrounded by a circle of screens the audience is free to shift their point of view. Live performers merge with shadows, projected images and sounds, revealing stark human forms that move in startling and perplexing ways. This creates a raw, very physical yet illusory interactive experience that connects an audience to a performance in a way not previously explored.

(Rebecca Allen)