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CalArts 50th Anniversary Happenings
A sensory landscape beyond the physical invites you to an experience of astral intensity
The outside world fades away as audience members put on diffraction glasses to immerse themselves into blink. Light, sound, and the human body serve as vessels through which we examine rebirth. We pull from the religious and cultural zeitgeist to meditate on the death of the human ego, the liminal space of purgatory, and the realization that we are one with the universe.
Multiple technical elements culminate into a visceral, supernatural landscape, including visual illusion techniques, lasers, ultraviolet light, fog, diffraction glasses, and a soundscape. The performance element includes multiple movement styles and a direct connection with the audience; Therefore each performance is different and conjured in the moment. Audiences are submerged into an unrepeatable experience in which they are reborn alongside the performer.
Content warning:
This experience makes use of strobe lights, lasers, and fog.
Credits:
Experience Designer
Pablo de Larrañaga Aramoni
Pablo is an Experience Designer who inspires and empowers through encounters that culminate in transformation. His work immerses people in contexts that encourage powerful interactions, reflections, and conversations that allow humans to collectively experience the truths we all share. He has led the production of large-scale immersive events, developed new forms of experiential performance, created sound-responsive art installations, coordinated Art Departments for film, designed sets for theatrical performances, and more. He is currently pursuing a BFA in Experience Design and Production, and a Digital Arts Minor, at CalArts.
Portfolio www.pablodel.art
Email contact@pablodel.art
LinkedIn /pablodel
Instagram @pablodel.art
Performer and Choreographer
Madison Stamm
Madison Stamm is an LA-based multidisciplinary artist working in acting, dance, poetry, improv, and figure drawing modeling. Madison is a member of SAG-AFTRA and represented by Aqua Talent and Ideal Talent. BFA Acting, California Institute of the Arts. Notable collaborations include: Hyundai, Proactiv, The Center for New Performance, MOCA Geffen, Ouro Gallery, Mirius Gallery, Hand Follows Eye Studio, and Shakespeare Dallas.
Email madisontaylorstamm@gmail.com
Actor’s Access link resumes.actorsaccess.com/madisonstamm
Instagram @madisonstammina
Direction Consultant
Héctor Álvarez
Performance Consultant
Ryan Nebreja
Featuring music and sounds from:
The Beatles
Lido Pimienta
Vessel
Thom Yorke
Pan Daijing
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Oneohtrix Point Never
Mercedes Nasta
Claire Chase
SevereThroatCancer
Alias Conrad Coldwood
Drepung-Loseling Monastery
Holly Herndon
Westminster Williamson Voices
Sponsored by the CalArts Student Union and the CalArts 50th Anniversary