FUSE presents ONIRICA ()Sónar+D Installation
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FUSE presents ONIRICA ()

Onirica () is a live media performance that explores the ethereal perception of the body within the realm of dreams. Belonging to the series of works of the same name, the performance offers a novel exploration of that same narrative, this time with a new focus on sleep and dreams in their corporeal component. Resulting from a collaboration with Italian choreographer Diego Tortelli, the work fuses dance performance and a cinematic experience, generated in real-time on stage through the interaction between performer and artificial intelligence. 

 

The narrative structure is composed of fragments of real dreams sourced from the dream banks of the University of Santa Cruz California and the University of Bologna, which in total contain over 28,000 dreams collected from 1930 to the present day. Through these narratives and their translation into synthetic images, recurring themes emerge from the dream experiences of individuals distant in time and space, reminding us of the shared nature of human experience, uniting us even within the oneiric dimension.