‘Colony’
Colony is a hybrid live/digital theatrical sensation that has been In process since 2018.
-and so it remains-
Colony is an assemblage of different ideas, a-ha initiatives and eureka moments.
it is a seamless blend of live and digital performance.
in the show, filmed sequences populate the world of a droid-ess protagonist as she carries out tasks on a future mining colony in an undisclosed interstellar location.
through a glitch in the interface she learns that the minerals they are harvesting are in fact seed pods belonging to a dormant native life form.
it is a nest
the action of the piece centers around how she grapples with the moral implication of this uncomfortable truth.
As a literal member of the faceless masses can anything she does spark change? and at what personal cost?
what’s a good recipe for a revolution?