MAY WE HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE? CLIMATE CHANGE IS URGENT AND CHANGE NEEDS TO HAPPEN NOW

Anthropocene, a high-impact original physical theater performance, examines how human progress has led to a new and dangerous geological age. The convergence of the global syndemic—the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis, social justice unrest, and social systems pushed to their breaking point—ind...

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Published in:Leonardo (Oxford) 2023-08, Vol.56 (4), p.431-434
Main Authors: Bowditch, Rachel, Martinson, Karen Jean
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropocentrism
Climate change
Physical theater
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Summary:Anthropocene, a high-impact original physical theater performance, examines how human progress has led to a new and dangerous geological age. The convergence of the global syndemic—the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis, social justice unrest, and social systems pushed to their breaking point—indicates an imperative for real change. The topic of human-caused climate change is urgent. Anthropocene, a multi-year transdisciplinary performance project, fuses innovative aesthetics, evocative storytelling, and sustainable production processes to express the acute need for climate action. The piece foregrounds physical and visual storytelling by staging movement-based episodes that are woven together to examine key questions.
ISSN:0024-094X
1530-9282
DOI:10.1162/leon_a_02411