Program

What will your body be, and how will it behave in a virtual future? “Cthuluscene” explores the transformative nature of the digital to discover different notions of gender, physicality, and the post-human. Through animation, motion capture, and dance, new physical forms expand the idea of the human body and dance performance. This work draws on the ideas of diverse bodies, and the post-human through the image of the Cthuluscene. The Cthuluscene is a post-human body caught between times, living both in the past and the future. Just like its Sci-Fi namesake, the Cthulhu, the Cthuluscene is a mixed assemblage and cyborg conglomeration of parts drawn from a range of human, animal, and technical elements. This work explores how we may represent ourselves in a virtual future, the boundaries of new virtual bodies, and how these parameters could affect our real physicality.