PRESS Play.
Grab the control knob and decide what happens on stage. PRESS Play. is an interactive show that takes you along the wondrous/treacherous path of freedom in a virtual world full of hidden algorithms.
You decide what happens on stage – not your neighbour’s choice or that of the person in front of you.
You decide how the world on stage changes, how the story pans out and what will be the outcome for the characters.
Audience becomes actor becomes audience.
We are fast becoming the directors of our own environment.
Social media decide what you see and what you don’t.
The world, with us in it, seems increasingly ‘makeable’.
That gives us a false sense of control and, most of all, burdens us with a huge sense of responsibility: Surely it’s up to you to determine who you are?
Or is that just make-believe?
Are you manipulating things, or are you actually being manipulated?
What if you are not the only one holding a remote control?
And is there a pause button?
PRESS Play. by playField and KOPERGIETERY looks for the land behind all avatars;
the hidden algorithms which secretly steer us in a specific direction.
Time to put up some stiff resistance?
Join us and let’s play …
Credits
PRODUCTION: KOPERGIETERY, KGbe & playField.
CONCEPT: playField.
CREATION: Yemi Oduwale, Lana Schneider, Marthe Schneider, Ilja Van Autreve
VOICE: Carine van Bruggen
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Jan Everaert (Crashlab)
DATA VISUALISATION: Genia Rappé
CONTROLLER DESIGN Jamie Goegebeur, Seppe Van Hecke
LIGHT DESIGN Jeroen Doise
SOUND Frederik Van Onsem
DECOR Kris van Oudenhoven, Polien Demeulemeester, Gielke Smet
COSTUMES Leentje Kerremans, Katrien Baetslé, Eline Willemarck
PRELIMINARY RESEARCH GEMH lab & Koontz Interactive
PRELIMINARY PROCESS IN COOPERATION WITH Nerdlab
THANKS TO Tim De Paepe, Bavo De Kuysscher, Jens De Wulf, Brecht Lauwers
COPRODUCTION: Forum Freies Theater (D)
WITH THE SUPPORT OF Tax Shelter measurement of the Belgian federal government.










