The Builders Association and dbox, SUPER VISION: SPACES


SUPER VISION tells three stories

1. As he crosses successive borders, a solitary traveller gradually is forced to reveal all of his personal information, until his identity becomes transparent, with no part of his life left outside the boundaries of datasurveillance.

2. A young woman (Jen), addicted to the white noise of constant connection, maintains a long-distance relationship with her Grandmother. As she makes efforts to digitally archive her Grandmother's past, the Grandmother slips into senility.

3. A father covertly exploits his young son's personal data to meet the demands of the family's lifestyle. This ploy escalates beyond the father's control, until he is compelled to disappear. His wife and son are left with a starkly diminished data portrait, and his escape is shadowed by the long reach of the datasphere.


Rizwan Mirza

Nick Kaye: In ALLADEEN you were working across two spaces simultaneously, in the sense that your live performance in the lower part of the space was then mediated into another scene.

Rizwan Mirza: Yes, mixed with the old Aladdin film-footage.

Nick Kaye: Could you see what you were doing?

Rizwan Mirza: I couldn’t! After the rehearsal process I saw a DVD of the first showing – we had a private showing and then I was able to adjust. I was pleasantly surprised. It really underlines or subverts the text in a great way.


see also: performer presence | playing to comera | the family | virtual spaces


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