Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener

Through a system of choices, Open Machine explores the survey and navigation of dancing bodies in public spaces. Dancers travel through urban architectures and outdoor, remote environments outfitted with participatory scores. Their actions and paths are documented and broadcast into the theater in real time. Stage performers direct and interpret these exterior journeys, layering them into a multi-sensory tapestry of movement, data visualization, audio description, and live music. Paths converge into a dynamic choreography for the stage that reimagines live gathering, decision-making, and our influence on an increasingly mediated and rapidly changing world. 

Caretakers of the Land/Land Acknowledgement: Haudenosaunee

Estimated Artist Fee: $17,500