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A collaboration between American, German, and Chinese theater artists and interactive technology designers, #HashtagProject translates online social interactions into an immersive and surprising live performance event where the audience is making the decisions about what happens next. Or are they…

 

Algorithms drive our online lives.  They helps us connect with new friends and old, help us discover music we didn’t know we love, and connect with like-minded people all over the globe. Algorithms are tailored to the information that we give them, supposedly we choose how they work for us, but at some point they start to make choices for us in the name of convenience: our music, our news, etc. We become passive actors in the choices of our own lives. When does that happen? Are we aware of it when it does?  And does this acquiescence to the trends of the day lead us towards more extreme views of the world rather than inclusive ones?

 

PROJECT HISTORY:

2018 Work-in-progress presentation: Transmediale Festival, Berlin, Germany

2017 Devising Workshop on Governors Island, NYC

2016 Devising Workshop on Governors Island, NYC

 

CREATIVE TEAM:

Collaborators/Creators: Jonathan David Martin, Zoey Martinson, Nikolaus Schneider, Brina Stinehelfer

Direction: Zoey Martinson

Creative Producer: Jonathan David Martin

Integrated Technology and Code: Xinyao Wang

Projection Design: Lianne Arnold

Animation: Dara Hamidi

Original Music: Matthew Nielson

Stage Manager: Josephine Ronga

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FUNDERS:

Development of #HashtapProject is made possible through the generous support a Theatre Communications Group's Global Connections grant and a Jerome Foundation's Travel and Study grant.

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Producers: Smoke & Mirrors Collaborative (USA) and Per Aspera Productions (Berlin)

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