THE DATING PROJECT is a live episodic game in which participants roleplay situations scripted from the narratives of everyday life, simply by following a series of video and written instructions on their smartphones. Open to all, it is an attempt to bring total strangers together in situations of joy, play, intimacy and togetherness in the spaces that they collectively inhabit, prompting them to playfully subvert rules and power structures at work in the everyday life of these places. In staging these encounters, which blur the line between fiction and reality through the means of roleplay, the project wishes to subtly offer a space for empathy and understanding within a universe of play.
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EXTRA INFO
Project year: 2020
Duration: 60min.
Language: English
CREDITS
Concept and content creation: Dan Mussett
Content developers: Barbara T’Jonck, Bianca Zueneli, Dan Mussett
Web and software developer: Vincent Van Dijck
Graphic design: Michael Strebel, Pauline Scharmann
Executive producer: wpZimmer
Co-production: C-TAKT, De Studio, KAAP, Europalia, Bozar, Storm op Komst, Tuning People
With the support of: the City of Antwerp, Flemish Government Activiteiten Premie, Royal Conservatory and Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
Special thanks to: Rubina Pabani, Andreas Fleck, Zehra Proch, Jonathan Ley, GRIP, Tuning People, Bar Leon
PROJECT DATES
09/05/2020, De Studio, Antwerp (BE) – cancelled due to COVID-19
06/09/2020, Secret location, Antwerp (BE)
06/03/2021, wpZimmer bar version, Antwerp (BE)