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UTOPIAN HOTLINE

EXPERIENCE THE FUTURE THROUGH AN IMMERSIVE MULTIMEDIA INSTALLATION

 

Free & Open to the Public
Friday, Sept 27 | 6 - 9 pm
Saturday, Sept 28 - Sunday, Sept 29 | 12 - 4 pm
Presidio Hall 12339 Socorro Rd., San Elizario, TX 79849

 Is anyone out there? Is anyone listening? Are we alone? In 1977, NASA launched the twin Voyager spacecrafts to try and answer these questions. Aboard both is an artifact intended to communicate who and what we are: The Golden Record. After traveling over 13 billion miles, this proverbial message in a bottle is the farthest human-made object from earth. If we were to send another message into the distant future, what message would we send?

To answer this, Theater Mitu created a public telephone hotline prompting people to leave messages to the future. These voicemails make up the source material for a vinyl record and a live performance.  

Utopian Hotline creates a moment of community. Small, limited, audiences will gather, not in the darkness of a traditional theater, but underneath a 30ft video installation, on a pink carpet, around a communal table, to re-imagine our shared future. Four performers, tethered to audience members by headphones, will musicalize and transmit these collected messages. together, they will acknowledge coming into community as a radical action. An action that has consistently shaped this planet's future. an action that reaffirms that someone is listening, that we are, in fact, not alone.

 

A MITU COLLABORATION
Driven by a commitment to innovation, Theater Mitu expands the definition of theater through methodical experimentation with its form. Faming art making as a mode of research and inquiry, Mitu shares knowledge, sparks dialogue and strengthens our community through cultivating radical ways of reimagining our world. The company's work is situated at the intersection of art, technology, and performance.