Things might have to get worse before they get better
In 2022, Jamie and Elien explored ecological resilience in the process of making performance in several artistic residencies. In pursuing this aim, we started from the premise that things might have to get worse before they get better, embracing decay or decomposition of known structures in order for new possibilities to emerge.
Things might have to get worse before they get better, but we want to embrace that struggle in the hope that we will become stronger, more resilient, with a broader capacity to adapt our practices to the challenges of an uncertain future.
Things might have to get worse before they get better, but we want to embrace that struggle in the hope that we will become stronger, more resilient, with a broader capacity to adapt our practices to the challenges of an uncertain future.
Upcoming & recent
- Recent:
January - September - ongoing residency with The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre in Hampshire, England.
27 August - Publication of research article in Well Played: a Journal on Video Games, Value and Meaning: From Excavation to Reconfiguration.
14 July - Conference presentation at IFTR.
3 June - Conference Presentation at Critical Theatre Ecologies, hosted by the University of Ausburg.
June - Green Gold, a role-playing board game about climate change and land use, commissioned by Fern.
January - May - Natural Contact Lab collaboration: Walking with the River, Walking as repair.
20 -25 March - Writing Retreat True North, Shepherd's Dene, Northumbria.
21 March - Publication in The Drama Review: Interrupting Immersive Immediacy: Pursuing Reflexive Hypermediacy in the Play of Participatory Performance.
2 & 9 November - Workshops University of Malta.
25 October - 8 November - Residency Greece, Cloud Lab The Hague.
27 October - Publication in the journal of applied theatre and performance, Taylor & Francis: Learning to play with memory.
15 October - Guest speaker at the Playable Theatre symposion, hosted by Indiecade.
7 - 28 October - Wild Ways Residency.
6 - 30 September - Student Project drama Queen's University Belfast.
5 - 7 September - Conference Presentation at Digital Matters hosted by Humboldt University, Berlin.