With the aid of digital projections and a lot of neon tape, a sold-out Memorial Hall will be transformed Thursday night into a Pac-Man maze to tell the story of four ghosts on their journey through the Land of the Dead.
Told in the style of a multimedia opera, Four Electric Ghosts: An Opera-Masquerade depicts the afterlives of four ghosts through dance, digital media, narration and original music. The result? A composite world looking at the intersection of game culture, folk tales and pop songs.
The sold-out show will be presented by two of UNC’s Artists-in-Residence, Mendi and Keith Obadike, as part of Carolina Performing Arts’ Loading Dock Series at 7:30 pm on Thursday, Feb. 9 at Memorial Hall at UNC.
Other upcoming events at Memorial Hall:
- Feb. 10, 2012: Overtone Quartet, featuring Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Jason Moran & Eric Harland
- Feb. 13-14, 2012: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – LIMITED AVAILABILITY
- Feb. 17, 2012: Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Source: http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org/; Carolina Performing Arts
The “fantastically futuristic multimedia romp” is inspired by the portrayal of ghosts in both Amos Tutuola’s 1954 novel My Life in the Bush of Ghosts and Toru Iwatani’s influential 1980s video game Pac-Man.
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- African-American Legacies in the Performing Arts: Then and Now
- 6:30-7 PM, Feb 9, Gerrard Hall
Prior to the Feb. 9 performance of Four Electric Ghosts, join Dr. Joseph Jordan Director of the Stone Center for Black Culture and History for a discussion the brings to light the contributions and the influences of African-Americans in the arts. Dr. Jordan is also the Interim Director of the Institute for African American Research and teaches in African/African American Studies Department at UNC-Chapel Hill. His curatorial work includes more than 27 visual art and historical exhibitions, as well as production credits for five independent films.
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