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Cécile B. Evans

  • Exhibition
11.06.17
19.11.17
Cécile B. Evans

Cécile B. Evans

Sprung a Leak

A-Plot, B-Plot, and C-Plot- two humanoid robots and a robot dog- along with a chorus of Users, cope with information streaming in from the digital system that surrounds them. Through this system we discover Liberty, an animated beauty blogger that everyone (especially the dog) is in love with and who, apparently, needs saving from the system itself. From there, Cécile B. Evans’ (1983, Belgium-United States) unusual play unfolds across three acts.

Information Breakdown

Sprung A Leak was triggered by a recent period of time, in which the everyday felt suddenly intertwined with an increasing number of highly mediatized, highly charged events. There were attacks, coups, political scandals, epidemics. There were regular leaks of information that would reveal endless layers.

Curator: Valerie Verhack

What most of these events had in common is that they were accessed using hardware: my phone, my computer, through the bias of software: my social media, my apps, search engines. This access, these leaks, the abundance of information itself can (and has proven itself to) to be productive and powerful. But how is a situation such as this sustainable if the people who would most benefit from it have no control over it?
Cécile B. Evans

Practical

Sprung a Leak is a performance that takes approximately 18 minutes. It runs continuously from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM and from 2:00 - 5.30 PM. On Thursdays it also runs from 7:00 - 9.30 PM.

Cécile B. Evans will also present a new performance during the annual Playground festival, a collaboration between M and the STUK Arts Centre, Leuven.