V for Virtual

Western Front is pleased to present V FOR VIRTUAL, a new audio-visual play by Debby Friday. The work is the final instalment of a sci-fi sonic theatre trilogy that began with her graduate thesis project, LINK SICK, followed by the immersive installation VOW, and was produced while in residence at Western Front.

In this cumulative project, the future world of VIRTUAL finds itself under siege of corrupted code, warring factions, and rolling whiteouts from ABC Inc. And still, the rave rages on. The project incorporates a fusion of new media approaches to visual and sound art, including multi-channel audio, experimental music production, generative art, chroma keying, algorithmic composition, and references to mixed reality.

V FOR VIRTUAL runs for 30 minutes. Click the link above to register to attend a session. Proof of vaccination is required for attendance.

Starring:
Birkett Turton as CHEV
Allie Stephen as CAPTAIN
DJ Haram as BONNI-X
Chino Amobi as PHILO
Buttress as DRIGZ
Debby Friday as FREEEE
Replica Studios and Holly+ as SYSTEM and FACTION

Videographer: Soloman Chiniquay
Special Effects Consultant: Jonny Ostrem

About the Artist

Debby Friday is a multidisciplinary artist whose work spans the spectrum of the audio-visual. She is at once musician, writer, and filmmaker, whose every project blurs the categories of genre and artistic discipline towards a framework of hybridity in art making. She has released the self-engineered and self-produced EPs BITCHPUNK (2018) and DEATH DRIVE (2019) to critical acclaim, and her work has been presented at the 2021 Toronto Lift Off Film Festival, MUTEK Montreal, and the Ottawa Art Gallery. Friday maintains an experimental writing blog at crackingcloser.com.

Acknowledgements

Presented with the support of the Government of Canada and the SOCAN Foundation. Special thanks to Shoreline Studios.