RE/CONNECT (2015) is an interdisciplinary piece that incorporates projection, acting, dance, live music, and costume technology. It is one of the pieces featured in the 2015 Cohen New Works Festival at The University of Texas at Austin.
I worked as the assistant projection designer under the projection designer and one of the producing artistic directors Ryan Belock.
From the official website of RE/CONNECT:
"You're viewing this message using some of the most advanced technology ever created. But what does that actually mean for our society?
As a research-driven, devised production, RE/CONNECT utilizes several disciplines to explore the nexus of technology, art, and what it means to be human. You have already encountered a monumental tablet that swipes through layers of live music, movement, costume technology, and projected media that explore the current fascination with online communication.
RE/CONNECT asks, 'Where do we find intimacy in an increasingly connected world?'"
Credits:
Stage Manager: Kristian Wolf Piña
Production Manager & Costume Designer: Kristen Weller
Producing Artistic Director & Projection Designer: Ryan Belock
Movement Specialist: Andrea Beckham
Choreography: Hallie Ward
Composer: Ammon Taylor
Associate Composer: Jenna Wright
Lighting Designer & Projection Design Engineer: Matt Smith
Playwrights: Lydia Blaisdell, Joanna Garner, Kristi Rice, Eva Suter
Dramaturg: Chase Gladden
Embedded Systems Engineer: Rachel Lewis
Electronic Integration Specialist: Aaron Heidgerken-Greene
Hardware Engineer: Victoria Bill
Technical Director: Madison Russ
Performers: Sean Tecson, Ryan Belock, Amber Rose Wall, Mae-Rose Hill, Tyler Michael Cullen, D'Lonte K. Lawson, Kathryn Victory, Lizette Chapa, Hallie Ward
Musicians: Ammon Taylor (Piano), Jenna Wright (Percussion), Ilia De la Rosa (Cello), Ryan Belock (Percussion)
