7–9 JAN 2022

9 Things, 9 Lives
(Tactility Studies exploration)


Created as part of our participation in ‘Dancing in the Metaverse: A Hackathon’, the 7th edition of da:ns lab was presented by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, produced by Dance Nucleus, co-curated by Daniel Kok and Shawn Chua

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: The heading reads ‘The Metaverse is here / We are the Metaverse’, and the subheading says ‘Things as protagonists of this ‘game world’ — how can audiences ‘dance’ with these thing-protagonists?’ This text is juxtaposed against a background photo from Tactility Studies: Soft Bodies (2019) that shows a person wrapped in a colourful blanket and being held by another person.

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On a white background, black heading text that reads: 9 things, 9 lives. A subheader: Things as characters. In point form:
︎︎︎ Sensory things journeying across audience members
  • Abstract representations evocative of real objects/beings
  • The things would be modular

︎︎︎ As these things circulate and audiences interact and dance with them, the things transform and transfigure through the collection and accumulation of stories, data and imprints 

︎︎︎ Audience would be meeting the things at the end stages of the things’ lives
  • Invitation to care for, repair, attend to, offer nourishment

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: On a similar white background, black heading text that reads: Journey of Thing-Protagonist. There is a graphic with circles and arrows showing the closed-loop logistics process for our production concept, whereby Tactility Studies would send different Thing-Protagonists to different audience members, until each audience member has spent a few days with each Thing-Protagonist.

Powerpoint slides from concept presentation for 9 Things, 9 Lives (2022). Credit: Tactility Studies.

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CO-DIRECTORS

Chong Gua Khee 
Bernice Lee


DRAMATURG

Corrie Tan


CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIST

Sim Xin Feng






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