Presented with Fin Productions Inspired by visions of the Milky Way and Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Rooms, the stars is an introspective, awe-inspiring journey into a matrix of light. Visitors move from total darkness to immersion in a theatrical constellation of 4,000 reactive points of light and an enveloping 496-channel sound design. Part meditation, part exploration, the stars, invites each visitor to explore traces of themselves in starlight, the universe, and those who have been here before us. the stars is a non-seated, interactive performance installation. There are two ways to experience the production: Open Universe — A self-guided visit to the immersive light and sound installation. You’ll have a scheduled entry time and can explore the space at your own pace. Like a museum or gallery, you decide how long to spend in the installation and when to exit. The Open Universe is appropriate for ages 12+. Guided Experience — A 45-minute experience where an unseen narrator guides each visitor through their own personal journey of the precisely programmed installation. Each performance is for up to 8 people at a time. The Guided Experience is for ages 18+ only. In both experiences, attendees stand, walk, or sit on the floor in the installation. There will be prolonged periods of absolute darkness and occasional loud noises and flashing lights.
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Open Universe — A self-guided visit to the immersive light and sound installation. Guided Experience — A 45-minute experience where an unseen narrator guides each visitor through their own personal journey of the precisely programmed installation.
Ages: 13 +
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About Andrew Schneider
Andrew Schneider is mostly interested in how humans telling stories about ourselves to each other can make us better at being humans. And how much the second law of thermodynamics and grief have in common. He is an OBIE award-winning, Drama Desk nominated performer, writer, and interactive-electronics artist creating original works for theater, dance, sound, video, and installation since 2003. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Schneider creates and performs original performance works, builds interactive electronic art works and installations, and was a Wooster Group company member (video/performer) from 2007-2014. “We live in an increasingly synthetic world of our own making. In the name of more and faster connection, we are animals that have separated ourselves from the actual world around us. The work I make is highly technical, but It is not about the technology. I am more interested in the application of the technology and how it can bring us closer together, shake us from the synthetic, and offer a genuine experience to every audience member’s consciousness, rather than just watching something “over there”. I am interested in how curating meaningful time-based experiences can lead to more meaningful human-to-human interaction. If theater at its core is humans telling stories about ourselves to each other, then I hope it is in the service of getting better at being human. This is why I make the work that I make. This is also how I try to make the work that I make – with an incredible team of value-aligned recurring collaborators who are interested not just in the work of making experience, but in a vigorous interrogation of what power structures exist in the rooms in which we make and how to systemically try to make change in inequitable systems.”