created by Andrew Schneider + company
presented at BAM’s 2018 Next Wave Festival Dec 12 – 15
What connections are we missing
in an always-on world?
Interactive media artist Andrew Schneider and recurring collaborators create a performance
cartography of the all-too-fleeting revelations, narratives, and emotional interactions flooding our
bodies and brains every second of every day. Audiences discover a living map with a multiplicity of narratives: a biker, oblivious of the car that will hit her six blocks away; a couple kissing goodbye,
then going on to lead different lives; flight patterns; crossed paths; missed opportunities; and
countless other trajectories, patterns, and futures. An intersection of visceral physicality, rapidly shifting
technology, and fleeting interconnected stories, NERVOUS/SYSTEM decodes the possibilities we
miss each time we blink.
\ CREATIVE TEAM
WRITTEN + DIRECTED + DESIGNED BY
Andrew Schneider
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR + COMMUNITY ACCOUNTABILITY COORDINATOR
Alicia ayo Ohs
ASSOCIATE LIGHTING DESIGNER
Chu-hsuan Chang
ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGNER
Sadah Espii Proctor
SOUND ENGINEER
Duncan Woodbury
DIRECTING ASSISTANT
Kedian Keohan
STAGE MANAGER
Marisa Blankier
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Tim McEvoy
\ PRODUCTION HISTORY
NYC PREMIERE BAM FISHER | 2018
\ PERFORMERS
T.L. Thompson (Pollster) + Lindsay Head + Antonio Irizarry + Kedian Keohan + Peter Musante
+ Ashley Marie Ortiz + Jamie Roach
and
Kate Athol + Chelsea Barker + John Gutierrez + Cecilia Lynn-Jacobs + Talia Paulette Oliveras
with
Kendall Cafaro (understudy)
(full credits for the 2018 BAM performance available here.)