Continuous City October 5, 2007

The Builders Association is a New York-based performance and media company that exploits the richness of contemporary technologies to extend the boundaries of theater. The Builders' current project, Continuous City, considers the sense of place within a global context, and how electronic connection contributes to--and complicates--that sense of place. Continuous City is a meditation on how contemporary experiences of location and dislocation stretch us to the maximum as our 'networked' selves occupy multiple locations. The project will extend theater's reach by providing a space for others to step into the project - through a social networking site (www.continuouscity.org) where videos can be uploaded for the performance, and by creating video with local actors around the Bay Area. While on campus this fall through a residency with the Arts Research Center, members of the group, led by Artistic Director Marianne Weems, will develop and present excerpts from this work-in-progress with students from across campus, including the Departments of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, Art Practice, School of Information, and College of Environmental Design. Together, they will examine not only how they see what's happening in the world, but how to deliver that vision to the audience.

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