Set Designer

Sound Designer

Ingrid and Bianca fly south for a wild escapade. In a local club, they meet Sergio and Andre, who are on the prowl for rich flesh. The four come together in a flurry, fueled by the women's coke and cash. This short film takes an allegorical look at the phenomenon of sex tourism.

EPSG:4326

Hunt/peck

Calgary Chamber of Commerce

Complete darkness, a vast sea, 8kms, the distance many undertake in search of asylum in Europe. SWIM is an immersive audio-haptic experience that imagines the physical, mental and spiritual challenges of this treacherous passage as it meditates upon the emotional toll of displacement. Harnessing cutting-edge technologies to simulate audio and tactile sensations, the audience experiences much of the piece in darkness plunged into immersive audio, haptic technology and tactile sensorium.

Swim

The Cultch

Scorched: Department of Dramatic Arts Mainstage Production - Fall 2024

Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts

Content warning: The production contains mature content and is recommended for individuals 16 and up. The following are included in the production: strong language, acts of violence, depictions of war, and reference to sexual assault and torture.

Scorched, originally written in French in 2003 by Lebanese Canadian playwright Wajdi Mouawad, tells the story of Nawal, a woman who fled a country tormented by violence, and her twins, Jeanne and Simon, raised in Quebec. Following Nawal’s death, the twins receive two of her letters: one to be delivered to their father, believed dead, and the other to a brother they didn’t know they had. The twins must return to their mother’s war-torn country to carry out her last wishes – to find their father and brother. Thus begins a painful journey in a foreign land.

Scorched

Blending theatrical conventions, choreographed movement, poetry, and artistic experiments with machine learning, (Machine) Learning to Be is a participatory, devised, hybrid multimedia performance experience that engages with Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems and their societal impacts. The performance features an interactive choreographic interface that aims to engage AI as embodiment technologies and human and AI characters that aim to convey the multifaceted nature of AI, its dangers and possibilities for our communities. Rooted in visions of decolonial AI, (Machine) Learning to Be seeks to challenge established systems of control and envision more equitable futures alongside AI technology.

Set Designer, Sound Designer

David Mesiha

Events

Past events

12 - 13 Jun, 2025

Hunt/peck · Downstage

Jan 30 - Feb 2, 2025

Swim · Theatre Conspiracy

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