Foxconn Frequency (no.3) - for three visibly Chinese performers is a work of "algorithmic theatre" that incorporates real-time game mechanics, piano pedagogy, 3D-printing, and the poetry of former Foxconn worker Xu Lizhi (许立志).

Three performers work with and against each other as they move through a series of testing and mini-game stages sourced from piano training. They succeed and fail in real-time, forced to correct their mistakes before they can continue. In each performance, 3D-printers output an object documenting the performer's competency over time.

Fully automated and generative, the work is different every performance, ranging from 50 minutes to 80 minutes: an experiment in digital game-mechanics as a way of meaning-making in the performing arts.

This is the last iteration in the Foxconn Frequency series. (see no.1 and no.2)

PROJECT LEAD Remy Siu

CREATORS Hong Kong Exile, with Vicky Chow, Paul Paroczai, Matt Poon

PERFORMERS Natalie Tin Yin Gan, Vicky Chow, Andrei Chi Lok Koo / Matt Poon

TEXT Xu Lizhi (许立志) (1990-2014)

SUPPORTED BY Canada Council for the Arts, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity

COMMISSIONED BY PuSh International Performing Arts Festival

photo credits: Sepehr Samimi, Daniel O’Shea, Kevin Jones