NOWISWHENWEARE (the stars) – a 3-Dimensional, Interactive Experience
– By Andrew Schneider –
Southern Utah has never seen anything like this before!
March 9-19, 2023
How often do we have the opportunity to experience, feel and deeply connect with something new and truly unique? The answer is very rarely. NOWISWHENWEARE (the stars) is one of these unique experiences.
Coming to Center for the Arts at Kayenta after a successful and emotional tour starting in New York City, NOWISWHENWEARE (the stars) is an interactive light-and-sound installation and promises to be an experience that Southern Utah has never seen before.
NOWISWHENWEARE (the stars) is an interactive theatrical installation that pushes the participant to become the main character of the production. An unseen narrator guides each participant through an individualized journey into a precisely programmed matrix of light – and the cosmos of themselves. The stars trace every decision you have ever made as a contributing factor to being ‘here’ and being ‘now.’ Part meditation, part exploration, the stars draw visitors into a hyper-focus on the present.
This ambitious project envelops each participant with nearly 5,000 individually reactive LED lights and a 496-channel sound system. The stars is an invitation to engage and become an active explorer – discovering the traces of yourself in light, the universe, and those who have been before us.
Every point in space occurs once at each moment, and an event in time is the intersection of a location and a moment. The stars installation creates a space where each participant can define and recognize personal truths about themselves.
How do we remain present in space?
How do we remain present in time?
How do we collectively grieve as a community?
How do we say goodbye?
How will we remember?
What are audiences saying about The Stars?
“I didn’t realize how much I missed me. Thank you.” – Lita, audience member (Northfield, MN)
“It was magic.” – Taia, audience member (Providence, RI)
“Thank you for a life-changing experience” – Sophia, audience member, Northfield, MN)
NOWISWHENWEARE (the stars) is an example of how technology can bring us closer together, shake us from the synthetic, and offer a genuine experience that’s imprinted in our consciousness. The artist Andrew Schneider wrote, “I’m interested in how creating meaningful time-based experiences can lead to more consequential human-to-human interaction. If at its core, theater is humans telling stories about ourselves to each other, then I hope what I make is in the service of getting better at being human. That’s why I do the work with recurring collaborators with aligned values to create experiences for others. We work to interrogate the power structures that exist in the rooms in which we make and question how to systematically change inequitable systems.”
NOWISWHENWEARE (the stars)
Details: (the stars) offers two unique ticketed experiences:
GUIDED PERFORMANCE: $35 general admission / $10 students – A one-hour-long crafted experience for up to 8 audience members at a time. This theatrical experience features a beginning, middle, and end, all guided by an unseen narrator.
OPEN UNIVERSE INSTALLATION: $20 general admission / $10 students – A self-guided experience through an open installation. You’ll have an entry time and 30 minutes to explore the space at your own pace.
Visit www.KayentaArts.com or call the Box Office at 435-674-2787 for more information and tickets.
Come be part of the Arts!
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