Signal to Noise Trailer April 2024
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There seems to be a problem, a problem with the connection… An upbeat spectacle which is slowly breaking apart, Signal to Noise summons a delirious late-night churn of fragments – dances, rehearsals, altercations, scenery changes and unexpected weather reports. AI voices are enlisted to perform the text – their unreal chatter and patter mixing interior monologues, unfinished jokes and off-topic interviews. It all sounds right, more or less human, more or less real. What could go wrong? The six performers lip-sync all the voices, sometimes carefully, sometimes with unhelpful abandon, bringing life to these disembodied, never-bodied speakers. In the process they summon a strange and compelling world where the question of what’s human and what’s not, what’s real life and what’s just pretending is never far away. For tour dates see www.forcedentertainment.com/projects/signal-to-noise/
As part of Forced Entertainment's 30th birthday celebrations in 2014 we'll be releasing a series of 30 videos throughout the year made with long term collaborator Hugo Glendinning. Forced Entertainment 84-14 will see the group reflect on the work, discuss the ideas behind it and set their minds on future possibilities.