Digital Presentations of A Crash Course in Cloudspotting
Digital presentations of A Crash Course in Cloudspotting are a hybrid experience, a play of low tech and high tech storytelling that begins when our handmade booklet arrives on your doorstep.
The piece explores different ways of being together by gathering 21 audience members, potentially from all over the world for a 50 minute remote experience. The piece is underscored by the live acts of rest communicated by 21 Resters via our Cloudspotting App: when they press ‘Start Resting’ on the App it triggers a sound loop that recurs at regular intervals. The shifting soundscape of the Resters, along with the sound loops triggered by audience, are the music that bookclub this storytelling experience.
Photo Credit: Nathalie Jufer
“60 minutes of bliss. Thank you. I suffer with constant pain, which doctors can not diagnose. The stories you read resonated so deeply. Rest is the switch. You have renewed my understanding of this. The soundtrack was just perfect for me. Really helped with breathing. Thank you.”
Audience Feedback
“Most exciting was knowing that at the very same time I was resting the others were too! I know other people rest throughout the day of course, but I felt connected to them. As the app joined us some how.”
Rester Feedback
The audio piece and accompanying booklet contain stories written & read by: I. Ailing; M. Agathangelou; A. Berry; N.Kov; J. Mclaughlin; A. Morgan; P. Sanchez; and M. Smith. Thank you all for your collaboration.
And a huge thank you to all the other storytellers who have shared a Resting Story with us.
Conceived by Raquel Meseguer Zafe. Devised in collaboration with Sound Artist Jamie McCarthy, Associate Artist Laura Dannequin, Artist & Theatre Designer Sophia Clist, Artist Tom Metcalfe, Sound Designer Charles Webber. Publication Design by Lily Green (No Bindings).
Commissioned by Unlimited & Camden Alive. Produced by MAYK. Supported using public funds by Arts Council England.
DIGITAL PRESENTATION CALENDAR:
CoMotion Festival Toronto 21st, 23rd, 28th April & 1st May 2022
Theatre Bern Switzerland 11th & 12th May 2022
Spiel Art Festival, Munich 24th - 26th October 2021
Grenzenlos Kultur, Mainz 30th September - 4th October 2021
Cripping the Pain festival, Sophiensaele, Berlin 28th July - 1st August 2021
Theatre Formen, Hannover 10th - 14th July 2021
Bristol MAYK / Arnolfini 20th - 30th May 2021
Unlimited Festival 14th - 17th Jan 2021