Every Second of Downtime
Somewhere among the machines, a person is hiding
Millions of packages are shipped every day. Somewhere in a distribution center, algorithms determine who does what, how fast, and for how long. People are still there, but barely. Audience favorite Ant Hampton transforms that world into an experience you don’t just watch – you step right into.
You’re handed a book. A voice whispers instructions to conjure an image. Together with others, you watch as a group of people walks into a hypermodern distribution center and how the machine takes over from them. Until the systems fail. Cheers erupt. Sabotage, hallucination, imagination: the malfunction unfolds in an explosion of image and sound, evoked by the book you’re holding.
All The Downtime is one of the most urgent works in Ant Hampton’s oeuvre. Sharply socio-political, compellingly topical: about dehumanization, our consumer society, and the question of how much room remains for being human in a world that runs on efficiency.
The book is the stage; you are the cast. In this “Autoteatro” experience, you bring the performance to life yourself.
Venue
SPOT Groningen is the largest theatre and concert organization in the Northern Netherlands. We are there for everyone who loves performing arts, from theatre, cabaret and dance to music. With us on stage are established names, up-and-coming talents and new discoveries in all genres. With a strong and diverse range we create places of encounter and places of meaning with artists and audiences. By learning and innovating with the educational field, we become better together every day and bring a that the region can be proud of and with which we put Groningen on the national and international scale.
