Upcoming shows:
Vancouver International Dance Festival
5 minute highlight video
https://youtu.be/dXqjaUwtDTU?si=ME2GA2Klhp9qFZhF
*Please note the sound is not represented properly in these videos but will be built in real-time by sampling the sand and voice
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SI(x) opens an intimate window into the volatility and sanctity of Madness, where divergent ways of sensing and being illuminate the porousness between inner and outer worlds. Co-created by Caroline and Sammy Chien-MacCaull of Chimerik 似不像, this visceral dance-technology work transforms lived experience of psychosis into an embodied meditation on perception, care, and resilience.
Within a hexagonal field of 2,000 lbs of sand, candlelight, and interactive projection, every element becomes choreography: the shifting grains, the flicker of flame, the pulse of light and octophonic sound orbiting through space to envelop the audience. Spoken invocations are received through clairaudient attunement with the audience, transformed visually and sonically, dissolving meaning into vibrational landscapes.
Together, Caroline and Sammy compose an environment that listens and responds; body, light, and sound are entwined in real time. Their partnership anchors the work’s otherworldly energy in trust and tenderness, inviting the audience to contemplate the quiet strength of Madness from within.
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CONTENT WARNINGS:
Loud sound, intense strobe lights, open flame, and depictions of psychosis and altered mental states.
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Credits:
A Chimerik 似不像 project
Co-Director/New Media Artist/Embodied Performer: Caroline Chien-MacCaull
Co-Director/New Media Artist/Live Sound Performer: Sammy Chien-MacCaull
Dramaturge/Collaborator: Marcus Youssef
Lighting Designer: Victoria Bell
Technical Director/Production Manager/New Media Operator: Andrea Joy Rideout
Mentor: Raïna von Waldenburg
Mental Health Advisor/Dance Movement Psychotherapist: Allison Vicente
Research collaborator: Ana Sosa
Set & Prop Support: Vanka Salim, Victoria Bell, David Gowman, Ken Clarke
Represented by: Aaron Fernandes Entertainment (AFE)
Special thanks to:
Deanna Peters, Raquel Alvaro, Dance In Vancouver, Pi Theatre, Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre, Stefan Smulovitz/Kenaxis Surround, Wladimiro Woyno Rodriguez, Theatre Replacement
Early developmental phase contributors: Roshni Riar, Kayleigh Sandomirsky, Claire French, Justin Mah
This project is made possible by the support from Canada Council for the Arts
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