<blockquote>“it appears as if it was the potential of memories… such an irresistible space,
where the binary meets, and where pleasures are invented”</blockquote>

<p><strong>Drift Net</strong> is an interactive/devised performance <br />
       exploring the concept of the Internet blogging phenomenon - <br />
       blogging as a virtual way of living and re-living a moment in time <br />
       or perhaps even as future memories.</p>

<p>People change identities, play different roles and simulate a virtual life via blogging; <br />
       shifting our perceptions of self, machine and the world. <br />
       We own memories and intentions made possible by digital apparatus, <br />
       enabling us to exercise our fantasies and extend the notion of existing in this make-believe world.</p>

<p><strong>Drift Net</strong> taps into a man’s journey as he ventures into his second life on the Internet,<br />
       drifting between desires and dreams.</p>

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     <p><strong>Explorations</strong><br />
            The audience enters into a metaphysical space where lights, sound and    video are the subject of attention.                    Using un conventional instruments – LED (Light   Emitting Diode)    and muscle sensory device – to interact with a   performer’s   body,          the performance challenges the control technique and movement of the            physical performer. Through the muscle sensor, the movement of the body is translated into     quan t i tative   data    that manifest via the                                elements of sound, light and video.     The performer’s emotional and corporeal responses create the direction,       speed,   volume and intensity of the technical    elements;     these   techn o  logic al        systems are in turn           constructed and                                controlled by digital media software.</p>

<p>The simulation of a virtual landscape that   interweaves  intimately with the language                of a physical  body demands that the audience observe   their         parallel and   simultaneous  existence. The heightened sensorial   experience triggers the imagination that spells the narrative of the performance.</p>
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<p><strong>Conceived and directed by Choy Ka Fai</strong></p>

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             <li>Daito Manabe &#8212; Sound/Visual Design & Programming</li>
             <li>Fujimoto Takayuki&#8212; Lighting Design & Set Design</li>
             <li>Rizman Putra&#8212; Performance & Choreography</li>
             <li>aspidistrafly&#8212; Music & Visual Performance</li>
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             <li>Torrance Goh&#8212; Graphics & Web Design</li>
             <li>Satoshi Horii&#8212; Visual & Network Programming</li>
             <li>Motoi Ishibashi&#8212; Interaction Design & Programming</li>
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