The computer starts up. Apparently all is normal, another functioning period. But looking closer, very very close, we discover something is not obeying the known laws of the universe. It’s an electron. Alone. Questioning its function in the world. The voyage of this electron through the computer becomes a discovery voyage where he tries to find the reason for his existence.
Considering the technological world we live in, we invite you to try this new kind of computer, from the brand Marionet, where electrons defy the laws of Physics, carry questions and think.
For the many of us, what goes on in a computer when we use it is what we see on the screen and that responds to the requests we introduce through the mouse or keyboard in order to carry out a certain task. But what really goes on inside the box we call computer?
We defy you to answer this question. How? Entering the micro-world of a computer we imagined. We chose an elementary particle, an electron, to travel along several components of this computer. The starting and ending point are our imagination. In between, we find some answers but, most of all, we find a lot of questions like for instance: what’s to repent?
In this show we accompany an electron’s voyage through a working computer and witness several encounters between this elementary particle and the various components of the machine – processor, memory, transistor, resistor, etc. – together with the different components of a theatre performance – image, sound, light, video, performers, etc. Another embrace between science and theatre in our work that results in a transdisciplinary creation. The judicious union of sound constructions catalysing computer synthesised images, of lighting, of the embodiment of electronic components, and the creation of an original text, produces an innovative and surprising sensorial experience.
Playwright and Direction Mário Montenegro
Discussion and Ideas Alexandre Lemos, Laetítia Morais, Mário, Montenegro, Pedro Andrade, Rui Capitão, Sandra Simões
Cast Alexandre Lemos Electron,
Sandra Simões Power supply, Resistor, Conductor X, Memory, Photon 1, Mário Montenegro Conductor Y, Processor, Transistor, Photon 2
Set Design, Wardrobe and Image Pedro Andrade
Lighting Design Mário Montenegro
Lighting Operation Melânia Ramos
Sound Design Rui Capitão
Video Laetítia Morais
Stage Photography Francisca Moreira
Hair Design Carlos Gago – Ilídio Design
With the support of
Delegação Regional da Cultura do Centro
Teatro Académico de Gil Vicente
INATEL – delegação de Coimbra
MAFIA – Federação Cultural de Coimbra
Ilídio Design – Cabeleireiros
Rádio Universidade de Coimbra
Acknowledgement
Ana Cristina Feio, Continente – Coimbra, Escola Secundária de Avelar Brotero, Fátima Lemos, Maria João Feio, Marina Dolbeth, Mónica Gomes, Nelson Rodrigues, Pedro Feio, República Rosa Luxemburgo
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