MIT Music and Theater Arts
presents
COLLISION SHOP
aka THE POSSIBILITY OF JOY
aka PEOPLE CAN BE F***ING MAGICAL
A crowdsourced virtual performance geared toward
connecting people all over the world
Created and produced by students with
MIT Theater Arts in collaboration with an international team of
multidisciplinary artists, facilitated by Dan Safer
Presented in association
with October Octopus
Online exhibit and in-person screenings to begin May 7,
2021
The project can be watched online at
http://collisionshop.org
and will remain on view perpetually.
The creators encourage more submissions
from all interested parties.
Just when you think you may have seen it
all, along comes Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Music and Theatre Arts
with COLLISION SHOP. Conceived and facilitated by Dan Safer,
this unique interactive theatrical production brings together people around the
world of all ages, genders, and races who are performing in self-recorded videos
revealing individualistic aspects of themselves. Against original scores created
by over 20 international composers, the participants react to audio instructions in
whatever interpretation they choose. Side by side, the distinctiveness of
self-portraits can be contrasted and enhanced. And you can choose what you
experience. COLLIDE Mode pairs randomly selected contributors, and the CURATE Mode
allows you to choose the parties who will pair up. Watch the entire segment or
move on to the next coupling. Or go back to your favorite couple. Somehow the
entire experience is mesmerizing; difficult to explain, it has to be
experienced. Jump in with both feet and descend this wondrous rabbit hole. To quote
the subtitle – “People Can Be F***ing Magical.” Enjoy the magic!
- Laurie Lawson -