Foxconn Frequency (no.3) - for three visibly Chinese performers

Foxconn Frequency (no.3) - for three visibly Chinese performers is a work of "algorithmic theatre" that incorporates real-time game mechanics, piano pedagogy, 3D-printing, and the poetry of former Foxconn worker Xu Lizhi (许立志).

Three performers work with and against each other as they move through a series of testings and mini-games sourced from piano training. They succeed and fail in real-time, forced to correct their mistakes before they can continue. In each performance, 3D-printers output an object documenting the performer's competency over time.

Fully automated and generative, the work is different every performance, ranging from 50 minutes to 80 minutes: an experiment in digital game-mechanics as a way of meaning making in the performing arts.

This is the last iteration in the Foxconn Frequency series. (see no.1 and no.2)

 

 

Performances / Exhibitions:

  • [ 09.11.2019 ] Foxconn Frequency (no.3), Sonica Festival (Glasgow, UK) / PERFORMANCE

  • [ 11.10.2019 ] Foxconn Frequency (no.3), JC Cube (Hong Kong)

  • [ 21.09.2019 - 31.12.2019 ] Foxconn Frequency (no.3), 「藏木於林」Very Natural Actions, Tai Kwun Centre for Heritage and Arts (Hong Kong) / EXHIBITION

  • [ 16.09.2019 - 22.09.2019 ] Foxconn Frequency (no.3), Prismatic Festival (Ottawa, CA)

    [ 06.09.2019 ] Foxconn Frequency (no.3), Gaudeamus Muziekweek (Utrecht, NL)

  • [ 28.02.2019 ] Rachel Browne Theatre, Cluster Festival X (Winnipeg, MB)

  • [ 03.11.2018 - 24.02.2019 ] Foxconn Frequency (epilogue), Power Station of Art (Shanghai, China) / EXHIBITION

  • [ 22.02.2019 - 23.02.2019 ] Factory Theatre, Presented by The Music Gallery and fu-GEN Theatre (Toronto, ON)

  • PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Performance Works Granville Island, January 31 - February 2, 2018.

Commissioned by the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival and supported by the Canada Council for the Arts + Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.

Press:

PROJECT LEAD Remy Siu CREATORS Hong Kong Exile (Natalie Tin Yin Gan, Milton Lim , Remy Siu), with Vicky Chow, Paul Paroczai, Matt Poon PERFORMERS Natalie Tin Yin Gan, Vicky Chow, Andrei Chi Lok Koo / Matt Poon TEXT Xu Lizhi (许立志) (1990-2014) SUPPORTED BY Canada Council for the Arts, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity COMMISSIONED BY PuSh International Performing Arts Festival

photo credits: Sepehr Samimi, Daniel O’Shea, Kevin Jones