2 Minutes of Bliss
1994
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Still from 'the maze', first part of
2 Minutes of Bliss


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2 Minutes of Bliss explored the trappings
of theatre and the reality of cyberspace.
It was a theatrical extravaganza featuring dressing up clothes and moveable sets all overlaid with rigidly structured video, sound and projected text.

2 Minutes of Bliss was about artificial identities, fictional time and fake space - ideas common to theatre and VR.

The piece had various narrative strands which focussed on:

  • Oscar Wilde's Importance of being Ernest: ( a play in which artificial characters adopt fake indentities and tell lies until the hero discovers he is already who he has pretended to be all along).
  • Alan Turing's tests of Artifical Intelligence: he thought that by the end of the century science would have produced a computer capable of passing the Turing Test i.e. behaving convincingly as a human being.
  • Blind Jack's Skinhead Theatre an internet based performance space where actors lay on lengthy and dangerous tours of the theatre for visitors.

These stories were presented as 2 minute scenes (or blocks of information ) either live or on video or sound. Simultaneous stage activity forced the audience to select what they viewed and which stories they followed.

It was a show for three performer/technicians, projections, video, and 4-track sound, and toured in autumn/winter, 1995/96.


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