Josh Miller and Sammy Tocci’s Artist Statement:
The act of immersion is in full effect in the telling of our story. Instead of actually performing the audience will be reading what the subject is reading and being in the same place the subject is reading. The fact of the matter is that is a rather simplistic performance that was inspired by the group Blast Theory. Cardiff and Miller made us realize everyone has a cell phones in America (or almost everyone), but there is not enough acts out there that embody them as another essential. As another being that we encompass. By taking the subject and the text from the cell phone the audience can analyze who is really the cyborg in this piece. As well the audience can examine Marc Auge’s theory of the “non-place” in this performance. Realizing though even this is a detrimental event that has happened to this one individual’s life. Does it really mean it even happened? Can one trace back to it? The theory behind this piece is to give a breath to the breathless; to the humans of this world that are literal cyborgs. Who are always in a hurry and are always trapped in the concrete jungle of the city. Just like the underprivileged in “Bridges”, in our piece with Michelle Morris, we assess the realities of people who are not like us or who we pretend we are not like. Who are so time hungry, they do not have a moment to breath and how this can inadvertently affect them overall. A main connection towards this piece between the both of us was the reality of suicide. This has affected both creator and performer in this riding theater spectacle. Sammy Tocci’s brother took his life 20 years ago at the age of 25 and Josh Miller’s cousin just took his life no more than 3 weeks ago. For us to find each other in the end for this performance was a phenomenon on it’s own. We hope to shed a light for those people who are breathless. So they can breath, realize, and assess. https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
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