This performance movement, which combines movement, sound and video, features small, custom-made LED screens of irregular shapes worn on the performers’ bodies. Gestures on the surface of these interactive devices inform the sonic and video elements.

Amplifying the sense of touch, they reveal the porous and elusive

surface defining our idea of a separate, autonomous self.

The artists explore the symbol of the mirror, social dynamics, and the myth of Narcissus and Echo. While specular and auditory reflections (echoes) multiply as in a house of mirrors, a strange ritual unfolds, the performers becoming, in turn, reflections of

the other, infra-human creatures, twins, shadows, or machines.

The project’s title refers to Sherry Turkle’s book,

published in 1984. The theorist suggests that intelligent machines that exhibit human characteristics act as a mirror or “second self” through which we define our self-image.

Second Self

Choreography, conception, performance: Nien Tzu Weng
Programming, music, video, conception, performance: Myriam Bleau
Costumes / prototype velcro suits design: Marie Audrey Jacques
Electronic design, fabrication: Max D.
Fabrication: Martin Marier and Mark Lowe

The show trailer

Directions