SONGS FOR NPCs
︎Motion Capture Concert
︎XR
︎20 minutes (Work in progress)
Songs for NPCs is an anti-futurist XR concert. It uses the videogame analogy of “users” and “NPCs” (Non-Playable character) to talk about power dynamics between humans such as class and gender; as well as our abusive behaviour towards other forms of life on earth.
This multimedia performance uses Motion Capture to animate multiple human and non-human characters in real time. The characters represent a “user” or an “NPC” in a “future” designed around technologies like AI, XR, space travel and bioengineering.
Each escene is a song with a different 3D world and character with their unique singing voice and role in the global ecosystem of the performance. The different voices come together to create a critic that uses humor and provocation to examine the abusive dynamics of the tech industry.