Professional talks - Blast Theroy (missing photos)

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Nick Tandavanitj - Blast Theory 

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Today we had a talk on the performance group, Blast Theory, given by one of their founders, Nick Tandavanitj. They made interactive art, being formed in 1991, they often explore social and pollical questions, using unsettling and unusual experiences to create new views and to open up to the idea of change. They have created a mix of things, from games, apps, films, performances and insulations, and also uses pop culture and new tech within their work. 

I enjoyed this talk, it was inresting to heard about these performances and to be aware of more art that is happening that i was not aware of. While i found it to be intresting, it is not the type of work i am intrested in my self.

In this talk, Nick spoke about a hand full of the work they have done, These being, 'Kidnap', 'Can you see me now?', 'A machine to see with, 'My one demand' and 'Spit spreads death'.

'Kidnap' - 1998 - livestreamed 'film'
About the pleasure of giving up control - being developed in response to Operation Spanner.
This performance gave the public the chance to give up control, to be 'kidnapped'. They created a nationwide lottery, where they picked two winner. These two people would be kidnapped on a specific day, them not knowing they was chosen until they was taken. While they filled out the form for the lottery, they could speak about why they want to do this as well as pay for extra things to happen or to be given things, such as, 40p for a Jam Dounut or 18/19 to have only male/female kidnappers. 
This experiences was live streamed, being in captive for 48 hours, while it was being live streamed, there was public engagement from a chat room.

'Can you see me now?' - 2001/2024 - Mixed reality
A live chase game, where one player is online and the other in is the city. The online players navigate within a virtual model of the city streets, while the runners are within the real streets, chasing the online plasters alone with streaming live audio.

'A machine to see with' - 2011 - Interactive cinema
This was commissioned by Sundan, a film festival.
This is a heist movie where you play the lead character, Created in response to the global banking crisis of 2008. In this, the participants start in a street corner alone, they are given a series of automated phone calls that will narritate their story and their way towards a bank. Once at the bank, it remains the players choice on what they will do next.

'My one demand' - 2015 - 

'Spit spreads death' - 2019 - 


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