Mobilise/Demobilise

Mobilise/Demobilise explores human mobility within the contemporary political and environmental context, creating an artistic and discursive response to a world of increasing conflict, crisis and emergency. The Covid19 pandemic makes this project timely and urgent: communication, connection and culture are rapidly evolving as lockdowns and travel restrictions force us to live more and more of our lives online. Mobilise/Demobilise brings a critical and artistic perspective to this current crisis.

Mobilise/Demobilise is a creative collaboration between UpStage, Teater Interakt, Schaumbad – Freies Atelierhaus Graz and the Center for the Cultivation of Technology. The partners are collaboratively investigating the theme and have developed a series of interactive online performances, which premiered in the Mobilise/Demobilise festival, October 15-17 2021. Alongside the creative process, the UpStage platform has been “mobilised” – re-engineered to function on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets – and brought up-to-date with current internet technologies.

The project is funded by Creative Europe and runs from September 2020 to August 2024.

https://mobilise-demobilise.eu