(Re)Current Unrest

Producer: Texas Performing Arts

Director: Charles O. Anderson

Role: Projection Designer

Tools: Touchdesigner, Unity, Adobe Suite

More Info: https://texasperformingarts.org/residencies/recurrent-unrest

(Re)current Unrest is an evening-length immersive performance installation ‘ritual’ built on the sonic foundation of Steve Reich’s three earliest works: It’s Gonna Rain (parts 1 and 2), Come Out and Pendulum. This work, created over a two-year development period, utilizes movement, media and powerful imagery to meditate on the “American Dream” and Black nihilism, born of the current racially charged moment.

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As the projection designer my role on this project was to immerse the audience in a visual atmosphere of unrest and change. A large part of this production involved making use of current and historical protest and racial injustice footage and mixing this together to create a compelling narrative. A custom playback solution was developed in Touchdesigner to allow for flexible and iterative mixing of visuals during rehearsal. Unity was utilized in pre-production to simulate projection and lighting looks.

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