the day after yesterday
An artistic research project with Utopia Syndicate, a theatre collective initiated by Madison and Tery Žeželj in October 2021.
Since its founding, Utopia Syndicate has been using the new-hope dramaturgical procedures established in Madison's thesis to foster hope and speculate on utopia.
For more details, please visit the Utopia Syndicate website here.
Below are some iterations of the research being shared.
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Autumn Residency @ Het Huis
the day after yesterday creation and first attempt.
First iteration of Hope Altar.
Het Huis, Utrecht, October 2021
02
Workshop and Paper Presentation
Presentation of New-Hope Dramaturgy and sharing of the workshop the day after yesterday at the conference The Cultural Politics of Hope at Católica Lisbon University. December 2021.
04
Workshop
the day after yesterday Workshop at Emily Carr University of Art + Design Vancouver. March 2022.
05
Residency @ Kliene Joppe
A week long residency hosted by Nicky & Noor. Dedicated to the development of utopian forms, futurity catchers, and other utopian tools and processes. Joppe. June 2022.
06
Performance Proposal @ BAK
We performed a presentation of the Hope Altar and played Futurity Catchers with other daydreamers for the first time.
07
Summer Residency @ Het Huis
In this week we grappled with questions around negative hope (it is easier to hope for a world without sexism than to imagine what could replace it). We also played with visceral creation and destruction processes and made huge discoveries around procedures that are essential to the practice.
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Winter Residency at Het Huis
Utopia Syndicate spent two weeks in residency at Het Huis to further develop and deepen their practice- during their time they experimented with scenario writing, did material research, held a workshop for the other artists in residence, and held a day dreaming slumber party.
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Performance of Hope Altar - HIGHS&LOWS- @ 4bid Gallery
