Silicon Valley Requiem: A Posthuman Concert
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Date & Time
Sat, May 07 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Address (map)
TD East 1101, Isla Vista, CA 93117
Venue (website)
Studio Theater UCSB
Silicon Valley Requiem is a composition based on the requiem mass but replacing the liturgical environment with the public theater of Tech CEOs.
A trio of synthesized male voices singing Gregorian chant melodies is paired with two live female performers singing statements regarding their actions on earth to a monolithic adjudicating soprano projected above.
The application of contemporary technology on medieval plainchant creates a plethora of complex philosophical questions. What does it mean for non-humans to sing a text fundamental to the human condition, mortality, and the afterlife? If a techno-utopia is being sold to us by icons of Silicon Valley here on earth, are we living a post-human existence?