Avatar (2010)
Presented by
The SummerWorks Performance Festival
Creator: Freya Bjorg Olafson
Venue
The Great Hall – Longboat Hall
Run
August 5th, 2010 – August 14th, 2010
Synopsis
Conceptually, AVATAR explores methods of creating, validating and disseminating one’s identity through the use of technology and the Internet. The work is inspired by the mantra “I post therefore I am”, whereby Internet power users legitimize their existence by documenting their lives and uploading this media to personal webpages and blogs. AVATAR facilitates an inquiry into what encourages us to share and publicize our lives. Nothing is hidden as the work develops, Freya moves intimately through software, opening and closing files on her personal computer and interacting with the built-in camera. The performance inherently becomes a duet with technology as in AVATAR Freya makes use of live video feeds and projections to magnify, manipulate and effectively broadcast persona and image. (Show Facebook Event)
Cast
| Freya Bjorg Olafson | Performer |
Creative Team
| Freya Bjorg Olafson | Creator |
| Freya Bjorg Olafson | Audio |
| Freya Bjorg Olafson | Video |
| Hugh Conacher | Lighting Designer |
| Norma Lachance | Costume Designer |
Staff
| Alex Naylor | Venue Technician |
| Matt Jordan | Venue Technician |
| Jason Golinsky | Festival Lighting Designer |
