AFTERTASTE (strawberry)

Interactive artwork (installation + performance)
AFTERTASTE (strawberry) Interactive artwork (installation + performance)
project 2013/14

Concept Chiara Vallini and Vanessa Vozzo
Performer Chiara Vallini
Media design Vanessa Vozzo
Music and sound design Fabio Viana
Voices Raffaella Tomellini and Chiara Vallini
Produced by Officine Sintetiche Production & NEO-Teatro and Arti Performative


01 June 2013

Aftertaste (strawberry) brings you on a journey of the senses. The synergy of the senses is triggered by the image of a delicious-looking strawberry, while an old anecdote is told, interspersed with artificial olfactory and tactile stimuli.Aftertaste (strawberry) prompts us to reflect on our loss of gustatory perception.

STRUCTURE

The artwork consists of:1) an automated interactive installation which enables the visitor to interact with a video, with the protagonist being a strawberry. The participant can change the video’s pitch by simply moving their hand. The installation is open to the public.2) an interactive performance enacted by an actor inside a box. The actor, initially positioned in the installation area, invites participants to enter the box. The performance is for one participant at a time, lasting approximately 5 minutes.

CONCEPT

The artwork content has been developed from studies in the psychology of perception and consumption, from recent sensory analysis techniques, as well as from anthropological studies of fairy tales (particularly Hänsel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm). The artwork’s structure is innovative, as digital interaction systems are used (Interactive Media Art. It is based on studies of creating transdisciplinary art, bringing together contemporary theatre and contemporary art.

Première at Asti Teatro – Teatro e Natura.

AFTERTASTE (strawberry) Interactive artwork (installation + performance)
project 2013/14

Concept Chiara Vallini and Vanessa Vozzo
Performer Chiara Vallini
Media design Vanessa Vozzo
Music and sound design Fabio Viana
Voices Raffaella Tomellini and Chiara Vallini
Produced by Officine Sintetiche Production & NEO-Teatro and Arti Performative