Me, My Quantified Self, and I

Description

How do we perform data, and how does data perform us?
For this new and ambitious work, Jessica Rajko partners up with eight Phoenix-based artists to create a world in which big data is brought to life. By combining dance, digital music, and laser art with familiar objects such as books, yarn, and household appliances, “Me, My Quantified Self, and I" reimagines our digital world as the messy, cluttered, complicated ecosystem it is.

Members of senior group the Needlewielders will join the artists and crochet a giant net live during the performance. The five women who all identify as “over 50" have been rehearsing with the cast since September 2016. They will be crocheting small objects into the large net throughout the evening as a physical representation of the 'Internet of Things.' Audience members who come early can explore the living landscape, see the women crocheting up close, and even contribute objects to the net before the show begins.

What is data?
Our lives are increasingly entangled in digital spaces, yet we struggle to find common understandings of what it means to live digital lives. Me, My Quantified Self, and I offers a tangible experience of our digital world by asking “How do we perform data, and how does data perform us?" Pushing back against clean, minimalistic, cyborg aesthetics, this work reimagines our digital world as the messy, cluttered, complicated ecosystem it is.

Me, My Quantified Self, and I - Full Premiere
February 10: Interactive Installation @ 7pm, Show @ 7:30pm, Afterparty with Jeepneys @ 8:30pm
February 11: Interactive Installation @ 7pm, Show @ 7:30pm, Border Quants Discussion @ 8:30pm
February 12: Device Security Sessions @ 4:30pm, Interactive Installation @ 7pm, Show @ 7:30pm

• http://www.jessicarajko.com/me-my-quantified-self-and-i/