autoplay is a surreal encounter between human and machine. The performance conjures a moving landscape that ebbs, shifts and transforms as it frames the experience. autoplay is an immersive multi-discipline production, with the calibre for which Darkroom Contemporary have become renowned.
This hybrid work by Louise Coetzer blends dance, Live Art performance, sound installation and digital processing to bring dance theatre to a range of alternate dimensions. The performance features a new original score by renowned music artists Brydon Bolton (Benguela) and Njabulo Phungula, performed by vocalist Inge Beckmann(Lark, Beast).
Staged in a secret location in Kloof Street, Cape Town, viewers are invited into a multi-faceted arena where the performance reimagines itself for every audience.
The initial meeting point for the performance will be the fountain on Longkloof Square, at Longkloof Studios.
autoplay is produced by multiple award-winning Darkroom Contemporary Dance Theatre and will be performed from 10 - 28 September at a uniquely transformed site within Longkloof Studios in Cape Town.
Performances: September 10, 11, 12, 13, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28.