Rotozaza
Rotozaza present two new shows for Forest Fringe
GuruGuru By Ant Hampton with Joji Koyama and Isambard Khroustaliov
17-29 August
The situation is of being told what to do every moment of the day, for years on end. The voice in your headphones has understood who you are, and gives instructions for exactly what you'd be doing anyway.
Five participants are led by a sixth, on-screen, animated character whose twin roles of marketing and spiritual Guru are confused by his reliance on untested and accident-prone technologies. The overproduced, digital sheen of our focus-group world cracks open into a colourful volcano of boiling absurdity. A hilarious chaos develops, exposing today's consumer-mad inability to distinguish between what we want, and what we need.
Commissioned by Fusebox Festival, Austin, Texas
Part of the British Council Edinburgh Showcase 2009
Wondermart By Silvia Mercuriali with Matt Rudkin and Tommaso Perego
17-29 August, at a secret location (ask at our box office for more information)
Wondermart is an interactive audio tour that takes you on a magical journey of rediscovery through the familiar surroundings of the supermarket. Wearing headphones and anonymous behind your trolley, you are guided around the aisles, immersed in a private soundscape.
The real blurs with the imaginary, and the every day setting of the 'high-density retail environment' becomes the scene of strange adventures.
Please come prepared to leave cash or a form of ID as a deposit for your headset.
