Me and the Machine - When We Meet Again (Introduced As Friends)

Sam Pearson and Clara García Fraile met while studying Performance and Visual Art at the University of Brighton and later developed an interdisciplinary collaborative practice as Me and The Machine. A young collective spotted early by supporters such as Blast Theory and South East Dance, their work mixes audiovisual technology and interactive media with choreographed performance, text and imagery. Audiences are invited to participate in a unique personal experience rather than being a passive observer.

When We Meet Again is a nine-minute one-to-one live performance, transporting each individual into a completely new existence. Each participant wears video goggles, through which they see a film that gives the illusion of being inside a different body in another place and time. Performers interact with the individual to heighten their sense of separation from the real performance space. Combined with the use of smell, taste, touch and sound, When We Meet Again allows participants to connect with memories and encounters that are not their own but have a universal allure. This works well as a festival piece or within programmes exploring technology or interactive performance. In the UK it's had enthusiastic responses from theatre and dance audiences alike.

'Me and the Machine's dislocating When We Meet Again uses technology cleverly to give you an entirely different world view' 

The Guardian

'It flickers in the back of your mind like the memory of a hallucinatation' 

The Skinny

www.britishcouncil.org/edinburghshowcase

Image © Chloé Ducharne, Me and the Machine