Expanding the possibilities
of performance


SummerWorks Performance Festival
August 1-11, 2024

Freya is photographed on stage, bending over a desk looking into a laptop. There is a black table with wires coming down behind the desk and a black chair shining from a spotlight on top. Freya has a AR helmet while wearing all black and grey runners. The floor is black with a green screen showing behind.

MÆ-Motion Aftereffect

Dance / Interdisciplinary / Live Art / Theatre / Video & Film


in association with Stratford Festival Lab


August 22, 4:00pm


5 Minutes


Ticket Price
Free

Freya is photographed on stage, bending over a desk looking into a laptop. There is a black table with wires coming down behind the desk and a black chair shining from a spotlight on top. Freya has a AR helmet while wearing all black and grey runners. The floor is black with a green screen showing behind.

In their project MÆ-Motion Aftereffect, Freya Olafson addresses the impact of consumer technologies associated with XR. YouTube monologues provide the infrastructure for this work, recounting experiences with VR in live gameplay, open worlds, and 360 pornography; others explore consciousness through describing psychedelic drug trips, and outlining the how-to’s of lucid dreaming, out of body experiences and astral projection. These intentionally divergent monologues address technology, psychedelics, and metaphysical explorations as methods to expand the perception of reality, time, and space. 

Join Freya through her Lab Residency to see aspects of MÆ-Motion Aftereffect, as they are re-imagined, explored, and shared via our social media channels.

Created by Freya Björg Olafson


Part of the SummerWorks Lab programming – a place for exploration, experimentation, and process. In the Lab, you can experience new works in development from artists exploring new possibilities in performance.


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