The second annual Response Performance Festival will feature the work of two internationally acclaimed companies, Palissimo Company and 600 Highwaymen, both hailing from New York City.

THE FEVER

BY 600 HIGHWAYMEN (NYC)

September 15 at 7:30 // September 16 at 4:00 and 7:30 PM // Tickets $25

Performed at The Adam Mickiewicz Dramatic Circle, 612 Fillmore Ave, Buffalo NY

The Fever tests the limits of individual and collective responsibility, and our willingness to be there for one another. Performed in complete collaboration with the audience, it examines how we assemble, organize and care for the bodies around us. Who will you be when our eyes are on you? What will we see when we all look your way?

RELATED TALKS:

Saturday September 16th, 5:30pm – Roundtable discussion with Jacob Gallagher-Ross (University of Toronto) alongside a diverse range of scholars from the University at Buffalo co-sponsored by the University at Buffalo Humanities Institute’s Performance Research Workshop.

Saturday September 16th, Post-Performance (The Fever 7:30pm) – Artist’s Talk with 600 Highwaymen co-founders Abigail Browde and Michael Silverstone.

LILY DALE

BY FLATSITTER (BFLO)

FLATSITTER is an interdisciplinary collaborative that incorporates video, film, software programming, performance and installation. The Dream Wanderer is a transit shuttle that has been converted into a mobile gallery delivering original avant-garde virtual reality experiences to diverse audiences across the US and Mexico. Since December 2016, The Dream Wanderer has visited dozens of cities and delivered “gorgeous and immersive” VR experiences to over 4,000 people. The original VR work being exhibited is titled “Lily Dale” and is a virtual reality exploration of spiritualism and the afterlife. This experience features a custom-drawn tarot deck and 20 different VR vignettes for multiple viewings.