INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST
ROJA
"Roja" is a neologism, a name playing with two words "rój" (swarm) and "roić" (to fantasize, speculate, or dream).
"Roja" is an interactive performance involving 37+2 human bodies and 39 digital bodies, aiming to intertwine neurons and fiber optics in three dynamic collective processes of fantasizing, presuming, and dreaming.
Who is the mysterious Roja and how does she appear?
performing: Magdalena Fejdasz, Maciej Hanczewski
concept & directing: Monika Popiel
scenario: Magadalena Fejdasz, Maciej Hanczewski, Monika Popiel
installations project: Klementyna Jankiewicz, Marlena Stawarz
installations building: Michał Dybko, Michał Gosk
algorithms programming: Wiesław Bartkowski, Klementyna Jankiewicz, Monika Popiel, Marlena Stawarz
The performance was premiered on 17th of November 2018 in Powszechny Theater in Warsaw, Poland during 3rd edition of the Festival of Art and Community "Happy City".
The performance was held during 8th Young Directing Forum (8. Forum Młodej Reżyserii) in Cracow, Poland.
Technology used in the performance was discussed in "New Technologies, New Generation" panel during the art and technology conference Stages of Tomorrow 2018 (Scena Jutra 2018).
fot. Michał Trzciński