Truckers and Trackers

I recently viewed a performance on the Body, Space, Techonology website entitled "Truckers and Trackers. Alien Unmade" produced by On Air Productions. It can be found at:

http://people.brunel.ac.uk/bst/vol07/home.html

This was a really cool performance. I'm not totally sure how they did it, and was unable to find an article about it before posting this. At any rate, one actor read the voices of three characters and the use of the screen behind the actor was thought-provoking and entertaining.

It was interesting to see an actor portray different characters nearly simultaneously using technology. I'm not sure how the slightly different costume changes and things worked, as the actor was in full view on the stage at all times, although it was clear that he was the voice and face on each screen.

The tongue-in-cheek comedy of the computer voice was really well-timed-in fact, the entire performance was very clever and cleverly executed. It might be interesting to experiment with the idea of different charaters and voices interacting on screens and in person...I guess in a way that is how our performance will take place anyway, but with more than just one performer. It was fun to see the slight mocking of technology in a piece that uses technology as such an integral part of it's execution.