Me, My Quantified Self, And I
How do we perform data, and how does data perform us?
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 techno-aesthetics, this work reimagines our digital world as the messy, cluttered, complicated ecosystem it is.
For more context, listen to this data meta-performance piece.
The full experience of this work includes both a participatory installation and 60-minute dance/theatre performance.
This work is created in partnership with the Border Quants research collective.
Participating Artists
Artistic Director: Jessica Rajko
Dancers and Co-Creators: Lacee Garcia, Sydney Jackson, Sharon McCaman, Elisa Radcliffe, Juan Rodriguez
Crochet Performance: The Needlewielders
Sound Design and Performance: Tony Obr, Lauren Hayes
Text: Raji Ganesan, Jessica Rajko, and Dancers
Laser Design: Francisco Flores
Haptic Design: Lauren Hayes, Jessica Rajko
Rehearsal Assistant: Felix Cruz
PRESS
PERFORMANCES
The Banality of Surveillance (Excerpt from Me, My Quantified Self, and I)
DUMBO Dance Festival
Brooklyn, NY, October 5 - 8, 2017
Networks (Screendance based Me, My Quantified Self, and I)
Commissioned by Scottsdale Community College
Scottsdale Community College Spring Dance Festival
SCC Performing Arts Center, Scottsdale, AZ
Me, My Quantified Self, and I (Full Premiere)
Unexpected Gallery
Phoenix, AZ, February 10 - 12, 2017
-Friday, Feb 10: Guest Performance Jeepneys + White Boy Scream
-Saturday, Feb 11: Post-show discussion with Border Quants
-Sunday, Feb 12: Free One-on-One Cyber-Consultations
Me, My Quantified Self, and I (Excerpts)
Breaking Ground Dance Festival
Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, AZ, Jan. 28, 2017
Me, My Quantified Self, and I (Excerpts)
Fall Forward Dance Concert
Galvin Playhouse, Tempe, AZ, Sep. 30 - Oct. 2, 2016
Photo by Alonso Parra
funding and support
Photo by Alonso Parra
This work is generously supported by the ASU Human Security Collaboratory, Global Security Initiative, Tempe Cultural Council, the Vibrant Cities Grant, and the ASU Program for Transborder Communities Seed Grant. "Me, My Quantified Self, and I" is also part of the "Vibrant Lives" project, which is supported by the ASU School of Arts, Media and Engineering's Synthesis Center.
