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SUMMARY:asses.masses - Ya Herd? Theatre\, Games\, Democracy and Donkeys | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:asses.masses is a custom video game designed to be played from beginning to end by a live audience\, one person at a time. It’s the 7+ hour epic story of a herd of unemployed donkeys trying to get their jobs back\, all while navigating the perils of a post-Industrial society in which they’ve been made redundant. Cheeky\, political\, and best described as Animal Farm meets Pokémon meets Final Fantasy\, asses.masses puts the control(ler) in its audience’s hands and asks them to discover the space between the work that defines us and the play that frees us. \nasses.masses creators Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim are conceptual artists exploring urgent questions around the social value of art\, digital labour\, and the political potential of games. Mixing their backgrounds in performance\, philosophy\, psychology\, and digital media\, their collaborations have manifested in video games\, participatory installations\, digital archives\, and card games. In addition to asses.masses\, Patrick and Milton are also the co-founders of the Canadian national video archive of performance (videocan) and the co-creators behind a performing arts economy trading card game (culturecapital). Their projects have been presented across Canada\, as well as in Argentina\, Mexico\, Spain\, Italy\, Germany\, the USA\, and the UK\, in English\, French\, Spanish\, Italian\, German\, and Catalan. \nIn tandem with their appearance in the Penny Stamps Series\, asses.masses will be in performance as part of the UMS season on February 15 and 16\, 2025 at the Stamps Auditorium\, Walgreen Drama Center. \nPresented in Partnership with University Musical Society. This project was made possible by a grant from the Arts Initiative at the University of Michigan. \nSeries presenting partners: Detroit PBS\, ALL ARTS\, and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Public. \nThe Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series Fall 2024 Season\nThis fall\, the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series brings respected leaders and innovators from a broad spectrum of creative fields to Ann Arbor’s historic Michigan Theater for weekly in-person events. \nDetroit PBS and PBS Books\, in partnership with the Stamps School\, will stream each week’s event Fridays at 8pm. \nSee the full schedule of events livestreamed by PBS Books here. \nSome programs may not be available online\, depending on artist requests. Interested in receiving notifications before online videos go live? Sign up to receive a reminder before each event begins streaming. \nWatch Past Penny Stamps Episodes
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