Vancouver, Canada
The Archive of Missing Things
a web-based game, inspired by Zuppa’s critically acclaimed live show of the same name
“The Archive of Missing Things was founded in order to collect, catalogue and store all missing objects that are in the world. The Archive was built around a secret.” The Archive of Missing Things is a web-based game, inspired by Zuppa’s critically acclaimed live show of the same name. You sit at a long table, one of several players attempting to uncover the correct path in an online gamebook. You have 90 minutes to find The Heart of the Archive. Do you go it alone, or share information with other players? Do you get lost in the story, or in the thrill of pursuit? Clues to guide your online journey are all around you: in video and audio tracks, even in the room itself. You will have to be observant... and lucky. The Archive of Missing Things is a meditative quest for the age of rising sea levels. For this special presentation, Zuppa will host audience members through the web-based game on their own laptops, while sharing parts of the visual world at the Russian Hall for HOLD ON LET GO.
Audience Role
Audience members are required to bring and use their own laptops or tablets to participate. Phones are not optimal to experience the piece. The show involves reading text and watching video on a screen, while listening to an audio track. A transcript of spoken text is available.
Ages: All ages
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About HOLD ON LET GO
This year at HOLD ON LET GO, we’re excited to be presenting 7 deviceful, experimental performances, by artists whose practices bound outside of convention — asking our audiences to take new looks at long-time subjects and conversations. The forms are startling and call attention to these narratives in intimate and revealing ways: saying difficult things we can’t speak directly through a sweet and delicious gift; unfolding layers of loss brought on by the pressures of constant progress; the power of transforming legacy in present day action; and talking with teens about three things we’re not supposed to talk about with our kids: sex, drugs and crime. This year’s program also shares family ritual, cultural customs and secrets. Works include Secret Ingredients by Keely O’Brien, Loss Machine by Kyle Loven, Raven Mother by Dancers of Damelahamid, Sex Drugs and Criminality by Mammalian Diving Reflex and a unique presentation of Zuppa’s web-based game, Archive of Missing Things. We also have two in development presentations of brand new works: it is for when you meet me by Anjela Magpantay and MY HOUSE by FakeKnot. As always, we’ll be hosting festival gatherings including artist talks, panel discussions and social mixers, while welcoming an international delegation from exciting festivals and venues around the world. This year’s program also features two culminating activities from TR’s Accelerator Lab International Fellowship program. HOLD ON LET GO’s Emerging Artist Series is curated again this year by artist Amanda Sum. Like most arts organizations, TR and 605 have been super intentional about what projects and programs we’re working on right now. We need to be, as we navigate the present moment. Our ideas have been all about building ecosystems, to help generate and sustain for our companies, but also for the artists we collaborate with and do our best to uplift. With HOLD ON LET GO, you’re looking at an art ecosystem in action, bringing experimental works that often (and increasingly so) get pushed to the edges, and placing them right in the centre. HOLD ON LET GO sees the intersection of many of our programs and activities that feed into each other, forming systems of support around important artistic work. Through continually building these structures, we see what’s possible — we gain a clearer understanding of what we can achieve — moving forward. Thank you for joining us at HOLD ON LET GO 2025. Maiko, Josh & Lisa