Animate
ENTER THE FUTURE THROUGH A VR HEADSET
After a highly acclaimed world premiere in Europe, Animate arrives in Montreal with the aim of offering a glimpse of the future that may await us.
Animate sits at the crossroads of performance, installation and radio play utilizing the newest Virtual and Augmented Reality technologies in order to blur the experience between the physical and the digital world.
From August 22nd to 26th, take part in a 40-minute collective experience with up to 10 people simultaneously. Book your spots NOW- accessible to everyone aged 14 and above.
Join us at The 7 Fingers to experience something unparalleled.
»Salter’s work provides a taste of how the theater might look ten years from now.«
ANIMATE: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE CLIMATE-TRANSFORMED LANDSCAPE OF NEWFOUNDLAND
Daniel and Laurie, two individuals haunted by their pasts and fleeing from a world on the brink of climate transformation, embark on a poignant journey through the untamed wilderness of Newfoundland, Canada. As they drive towards the mesmerizing Tablelands in Gros Morne National Park, a Mars-like landscape where Earth's mantle is exposed, news of global climate catastrophes fills their car radio.
In this surreal and emotionally charged experience, the climate-altered landscape seems to possess a conscious, living presence. It exerts a mysterious force on Daniel and Laurie, influencing their physical bodies and deeply impacting their personal connection. As Animate reaches its climactic conclusion, the intricate interconnectedness between humans and the natural world amidst radical environmental changes is unveiled in a profound and thought-provoking manner.
TAKE PART IN A MULTISENSORY EPIC
An interdisciplinary international artistic and technological team from Montréal, Canada, and Berlin, Germany, thus takes the audience on an extraordinary participatory journey that uses the creative potential of new technologies to address the urgency of climate catastrophe.
(2022) XR Performance/Installation by Chris Salter
Artistic Direction by Remco Schuurbiers
Based on Kate Story’s cli-fi ANIMATE
Music & Sound by Catarina Barbieri, Limpe Fuchs, Sam Slater, Maxime Gordon
Choreography by Angélique Willkie
Scenography by Florence To
3D Animation by Timothy Thomasson
ANIMATE
Duration: 40 minutes
Capacity: 10 persons
Sessions: from Tuesday, August 22nd to Saturday, August 26th
Schedule details available in the ticketing section.
The 7 Fingers
2109 Boul. Saint-Laurent,
Montréal, QC H2X 2T5
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Animate is commissioned and produced by DISK e.V. Berlin and Chris Salter and co-commissioned and co-produced by Kunstfest Weimar. Co-produced by Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Fondazione Campania dei Festival Campania Teatro Festival. Funded by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation), the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media). Supported by Fonds de Recherche du Québec (FRQ), the Canada Council for the Arts, Zú Montréal, Concordia University Office of Research, the Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology, HUB XR.
This event is supported by the German Consulate General in Montreal.
