Hi! Are you interested in participating in an experimental theater piece?

“Hyperbodies” is a post-human fiction about the visions and memories of a group of queers from various backgrounds and positionalities. They find themselves in a futuristic space, a casino-cum-data center. It’s a potential utopia away from racist, patriarchal, and colonial legacies; environmental destruction, hyper surveillance and the military control of late capitalism.

“Hyperbodies” builds an alternative narrative structure based on the premise that the digital has become an extension of our memories and experiences. Dream-like thoughts are exteriorised as hallucinations through a series of monologues and scenes.

“Hyperbodies” touches on experiences of being hyperracialized and hypersexualized, as well as hypervisibility, hypervigilance, hyperfetishization, hypersensitivity, etc. This project is a queer and trans co-creation and co-production. The majority of the group will be comprised of racialized queers whose experiences are situated at the intersection of various vectors of oppression. The white-bodied people involved in this project are intentionally in the minority.

The laboratory aims to further develop a durational piece combining live performance, projected immersive virtual environments and a multi-channel sound installation.

If you have read this far and you are still interested in participating, please fill out the application form to tell us a bit about yourself and why you would like to join us.

Application form
Application deadline: October 1, 2021

Hyperbodies is a collaborative performance project initiated by Doireann O’Malley during The Berlin Artistic Research Program.

Directed by Doireann O‘Malley
Collaborators: DaddypussRex, Juan Carlos Cuadrado, Sarah Seini
Script Writer: Dera Luce
Sound Design: The Neighborhood Character
Production Assistant: Oliver Coran

Hyperbodies is supported by The Berlin Artistic Research Grant Program, The Arts Council of Ireland, National Sculpture Factory, Ireland.

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