Creative Technologist | XR for Live Performance
Your Mind, Girls...
In-Theater, presented in Mixed Reality
What happens to autonomy and self-determination in a reality managed by an algorithm?
A human actor and three-dimensional digital avatars interacting and in conversation with one another - performing together - on stage.
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The Story
Your Mind, Girls... is set in the near future. When we meet Liliane she is nearly 100 years old. Because of environmental degradation and war, humans spend all their time inside. Technology is keeping us alive. This future-present reality consists of physical things and digital things. Some have been born into this new reality and some come from the "before times". There is little resistance, particularly from those who have been born inside.
Now, the algorithms that manages this new, and present reality are harvesting the memories of those who lived before for data to inform the design and build of future humans.
Workshop History
Your Mind, Girls... has benefited from two key development workshops. In 2023, a focused tech workshop at Paul Dresher Studios, Oakland, CA allowed for the initial exploration of the integration between the live actor and digital avatars. This was followed by an April 2025, artist residency and workshop at the Barnard Movement Lab, Barnard College, NY that further developed the narrative and character interactions and tested a controller to manage the digital avatars and environments during the performance.
Your Mind, Girls...
Barnard Movement Lab
Spring 2025
The Creative Team
Kym Moore - Director
Dawn L Troupe - Liliane
Kineta Kunutu - Cookie
Tẹmídayọ Amay - Young Liliane
Robert M Johanson - Psychotherapist
Tony Sheeder - XR Concept Art Director
Kevin Laibson - XR Technical Consultant, Agile Lens
Yu-Jun Yeh - XR Lead Developer, Agile Lens
Pat Malawat - Stage Manager
Robert M Johanson - Sound Design
Yunte Lee - Sound Board
Allison Costa - Lighting Design
XR Development & Co-produer: Agile Lens, NY
