2021 (2023-)
Created by Cole Lewis, Patrick Blenkarn, Sam Ferguson
Then as regards the actual connection between spirit & body I consider that the body by reason of being a living body can “attract” & hold on to a “spirit” whilst the body is alive & awake the two are firmly connected & when the body is asleep I cannot guess what happens but when the body dies the “mechanism” of the body, holding the spirit is gone & the spirit finds a new body sooner or later perhaps immediately.
As regards the question of why we have bodies at all; why we do not or cannot live free as spirits & communicate as such, we probably could do so but there would be nothing whatsoever to do. The body provides something for the spirit to look after & use. — Alan Turing
2021 is an in-development performance about caregiving, death, and the value of human data that emerged from the question: How do we give dignity in death to those we fundamentally disagree with?
With the help of an audience member, a trio work together onstage to reenact the final weeks of Patient #203—Cole Lewis’ father—and his quest to find a mechanism to hold on after death. Combing live gaming, live narration, and live music, the project is a follow up to the 2019 live cinema performance, 1991, deepening a story about a relationship shaped by border crossings and class—and about what remains after we’re gone.
Phase Two — MITU 580, Brooklyn, August 2024
Phase One, Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, January 2024 (Photos by Dahlia Katz)
Development history
2024.1.11-20: Tarragon Theatre’s Greenhouse Festival 2024
2024.8.5-16: Artists at Home Residency at MITU 580
