Ça a l’air synthétique bonjour hi 

Audience members are paid to perform banal tasks like folding socks or making sandwiches as the work questions the economics of participation. The second act shifts to an interrogation of affective labour as a performer conducts a confessional interview with a shrub.
Production Credits
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Co-created and performed by: Burcu Emeç, Michael Martini, Nien Tzu Weng and Roxa Hy  
Technical directed by: Zoe Roux 
Object design consultant: Laura Azzalini 
Sound consultant: Joe Thibodeau 
Lighting consultant: Paul Chambers 
Economic consultant: Leah Temper 
Delegate production of: LA SERRE - arts vivants 
Creative residencies and development: La Chapelle Scène Contemporaines, LeParc - Milieux Institute, Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal 
Supported by: Conseil des arts de Montréal, RAIQ - Regroupement des arts interdisciplinaires du Québec, Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
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Photo credit: Rachel Morse Photo Source: burcuemec.com
Production History
SummerWorks Festival: Toronto, ON 10, 14-16 August 2019 
ZH Festival: Montreal, QC 4 August 2018 
OFFTA Festival: Montreal, QC 29-30 May 2018
Vous Êtes Ici (in-process): Montreal, QC 28-30 September 2017 
Read more in PLAY: Dramaturgies of Participation: LABOUR, STRUMPET, REFUSAL, REMOTE CONTROL
Press
"Fascinating interactive show asks deep questions about the value of participation" - NOW Magazine 

"an interactive performance that shakes up all conventions between audience and performer" - DF Dance
Awards
Winner of the OFFTA Grolsch Hybridity Award in 2018
Winner of the BAAM-CAM Bursary in New Artistic Practices in 2019
NOW Magazine: Outstanding Production, Outstanding Ensemble, Outstanding Design at SummerWorks 2019 ​
​Articles
Burcu Emeç and Michael Martini, “Ca a l’air synthétique bonjour hi,” Canadian Theatre Review 197 (Winter 2024): 34-35. ​
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Photo credit: Jennifer Pitoscia. Photo source: burcuemec.com
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Photo credit: Vjosana Shkurt, Photo source: burcuemec.com