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Landline by XO Secret
Two strangers text while doing a tandem audio-walk in two different cities.
Attended at Magnetic North in Summer 2016 in Whitehorse, YT.
Attended at Magnetic North in Summer 2016 in Whitehorse, YT.
Created by Adrienne Wong and Dustin Harvey
A collaboration with Canada's National Art's Centre An audio guide prompts you to drift through the city and stop at a series of well-chosen locations. You conjure a city thousands of miles away and, in it, your scene partner. You are invited to begin a conversation via text message about themes like memory, absent loved ones and massive change. You return to home base where you find a table set for two. The mental image you’ve made if your scene partner is contrasted by their real-time image on a video screen. Now face-to-face, only you can determine how much you reveal and how far the conversation will go. |
Awards & Press
“A curious exposure to the feeling of being alone together” -Audience participant, October 2013
“This is the kind of interactive performance that takes ‘audience participation’ to a whole new level where everything that you can take out of it is entirely dependent on what you put into it” - Mooney on Theatre
“This is the kind of interactive performance that takes ‘audience participation’ to a whole new level where everything that you can take out of it is entirely dependent on what you put into it” - Mooney on Theatre
Presentations
- UNO Fest / Halifax Fringe Festival: Victoria-Halifax, 17-19 May 2018
- Nakai Theatre / The Imperial Theatre: Whitehorse-Saint John, 15-17 September 2017
- SummerWorks / Hamilton Fringe: Toronto-Hamilton, 11-12 August 2017
- High Performance Rodeo / RCA Theatre: Calgary-St. John's, 24-28 January 2017
- Magnetic North Festival / Arts Court: Whitehorse-Ottawa, 11-12 June 2016
- OFFTA / Contemporary Aboriginal Scene: Montréal-Mashteuiatsh & Wendake, 4-5 June 2016
- MT Space's Impact Festival / Micro Performance Series: Kitchener-Vancouver, 23-27 September 2015
- Forest Fringe / LÓKAL International Theatre Festival: Edinburgh-Reykjavik, 25-30 August 2015
- Zuppa Theatre / Experimentica Festival: Halifax-Cardiff, 7-9 November 2014
- Prismatic Festival / Arts Court and STO Union (full production): Ottawa-Dartmouth, 21-24 August 2014
- City of Halifax's Public Art Program (prototype): Halifax-Vancouver, September 2013