A parable for the Anthropocene: True Logic of the Future
July 3, 2010 on 11:14 am | In Uncategorized |Boho Interactive’s new interactive performance True Logic of the Future opens on July 13 at the Belconnen Arts Centre in Canberra.
‘Campbell’s Wharf’. Pictorialisation courtesy: Mr William Stanley Jevons (deceased)
Since September 2009, Boho (myself, Jack Lloyd and Mick Bailey) have been in residence at the Belconnen Arts Centre researching and devising this new work. True Logic combines narrative theatre, game-based interactive sequences and a live soundtrack of trombone / electronica into a taut science-fiction thriller.
The play takes place in the near future, in a city on the brink of collapse. Refugees fleeing rising sea levels and coastal floods fill the city, while drought is turning the farmland into desert and crops are failing. As the city’s infrastructure buckles under the strain of the added population, food, water and medicine are growing scarce. Demonstrations turn into protests, protests turn into riots, and the desperate population prepares for violence and looting.
Battling crisis after crisis, the government are losing their grip even as the city crumbles beneath them. In the face of mounting emergency, the city’s leaders propose a drastic solution to the city’s problems; a last-ditch alternative to disaster. But even while the government’s last-ditch plan provides an escape route from the city’s spiral into chaos, the cost of carrying it out is desperately high.
Finding themselves in a 19th century study laden with bizarre artifacts, three strangers - radical journalist Jen Howe (Cathy Petocz), idealistic bureaucrat Alex Moore (Jack Lloyd) and assayer Will Sands (David Finnigan) - are asked to help activate a computer program.
An illustration of the cloud chamber devised and constructed by Mr William Stanley Jevons
As Jen, Alex and Will grapple with Victorian-era scientific instruments such as the Logic Piano and the Cloud Chamber, they begin to unravel the mystery behind the strange glitches affecting their environment and their selves. Willingly and unwillingly, each character reveals secrets about their lives and provide glimpses of the city’s descent into chaos. As the significance of their task becomes clear, the trio are forced to make a desperate decision which will shape the future of their society.
What is your freedom worth? What would you sacrifice to be safe?
Boho is David Finig, Mick Bailey and Jack Lloyd. image by ‘pling.
Created in partnership with the Powerhouse Museum, and featuring director barb barnett, designer Gillian Schwab and performer Cathy Petocz, True Logic will premiere at the Belconnen Arts Centre from July 13-18 before touring to Sydney for a season at the Powerhouse Museum as part of the Ultimo Science Festival from August 21-28.
Visit bohointeractive.com for more information and booking details.
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