EXPLORER/Prometheus Unchained

EXPLORER/Prometheus unchained is a staged performance by CREW and Urland, a collective of young makers, in collaboration with Productiehuis Rotterdam and premiered at Krijn Boon Studio, Rotterdamse Schouwburg (NL). EXPLORER/Prometheus unchained_is the centerpiece of _The Internet Trilogy, a series on the rise, expansion and limitless promise of the internet. The World Wide Web. The point of no return. We are ON. Unchained. We are FREE.

This performance is a joint effort of two generations, Eric Joris/B.C.(Before Computer) and Urland/A.C. (After Computer), exploring new possibilities given by the internet. This was the arguably the first theatrical production to use 3D motion capture in real-time onstage. The live-performance is re-fleshed and transformed in the moment. With recent inertial technology the human bodies of the actors become data and this transformation expands the very idea of the psychical body to new limits. The interest in mediatized artforms and the creation of new ways of experiencing theatre is embedded in the artistic canon of CREW and continues in this challenging collaboration. EXPLORER/Prometheus unchained allows the audience to cross the border between performance space and spectating space. It offers RE-ENACTMENT of the initial promises of 1994 and it provides a glimpse into the future. TUNE IN. TURN ON. BOOT UP. JACK IN. DROP OUT. EXPLORE.