Good Company Arts is delighted to share our performance livestream of Astrolabe - Whakaterenga at World Stage Design 2022. This webcast carries the exploration of many aspects of performance design by engaging digital methodologies and practices - connecting us in the now moment of Multiple Realities.
Astrolabe - Whakaterenga seeks to reimagine our perception of body, space and time with the support of digital technologies. Daniel Belton and Good Company Arts present an expanded cinema journey augmented by live dance and taonga pūoro in a one-of-a-kind webcast from Aotearoa New Zealand. Audiences experience realms inspired by ancient star maps and navigation charts, with live performances from Nancy Wijohn (tāngata whenua), Christina Guieb, Alistair Fraser and Daniel Belton.
Featured digital-film performers also include Janessa Dufty (Australia/NZ), Xiao Ke and ZiHan (China), Christina Guieb (Philippines/NZ) and Jill Goh (Singapore/NZ). The soundscore includes the late Dr Richard Nunns (taonga pūoro), Dr Michael Askill, Joyce Beetuan Koh, PerMagnus Lindborg, and Jac Grenfell with Belton. GCA's livestream team is supported by Stuart Foster, Massey University College of Creative Arts, and World Stage Design, Canada.
This multimedia project enters into a dialogue with methodologies developed by early Asian and Pacific Island astronomers, and suggests a philosophical ideology of the movement of celestial bodies - acknowledging the oneness of all life. The digital arts and dance of Astrolabe - Whakaterenga transports audiences in an immersive space voyage of movement, sound and light. Special thanks to our collaborating artists from Australia and Asia!
