THE LAST MAN TO DIE: World Tour of Australia - 09-10:2010

Welcome to the future, Brisbane and Perth, have fun living for ever.

LMTD Tours is pleased to announce our guided explorations into the future/past of humanity will continue throughout September and October 2010. Transtemporal entry points and suspension of disbelief fields will be activated at Brisbane Festivals' Under The Radar, 14-17 September at The Whitlam room, Metro Arts and at Perth's Blue Room Theatre from 28 September to 16 October. 

"THE LAST MAN TO DIE" explores a future where humanity has triumphed over ageing and death and looks back at a time when people lived for barely a single century. You'll experience first hand the brave new world explored by those first immortals and the choices faced by the last to die.

BRISBANE FESTIVAL: UNDER THE RADAR

TIME: Tuesday 14th - Friday 17th of September

VENUE: The Whitlam, Metro Arts, Edward St, Brisbane CBD: map

BOOKINGS and INFO: http://www.brisbanefestival.com.au/Events/0,282,4747,028200906.aspx

FB: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=110606108992940

THE BLUE ROOM: YOUNG ENOUGH...

TIME: 7:00pm, Tuesday - Saturday, 28:09:10 - 16:10:10

VENUE: The Blue Room Theatre, 53 James St Northbridge, Perth: map

BOOKINGS and INFO: 9227 7005 or http://www.blueroom.org.au/blueroomseasons/lastmantodie

FB: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=148379715188113

THE LAST MAN TO DIE - Trailer

LMTD Tours is pleased to announce our guided explorations into the future/past of humanity will continue. This follows a series of successful pilot explorations conducted in July 2010 at The Street Theatre in Canberra.

Motion/Visual documentation of these explorations can be found in the embedded video.

LMTD Tours Transtemporal Explorers for July 2010 were:
Hanna Cormick - Personality Substrate
Benjamin Forster - Visualisation Engineer
Charles Martin - Sonification Conductor
Peter Butz - Theatrical Systems Controller, Motion Visuals Capture/Composition
Christina Hopgood - Networks/Social Liaison Officer

THE LAST MAN TO DIE - Pilot Showings July 7 and 8

ATTENTION CITIZEN:

YOU are invited to a strictly limited pilot production of THE LAST MAN TO DIE, an interactive performance experiment allowing you to step into the distant future and look backwards in time. Join us at the Street Theatre on July 7 and 8 as we explore the emotional and social consequences of artificial extension of human life - as well as the theories and responses from literature, pop culture and the media.

This performance / installation involves interactions between the audience, live performers and computer driven audio and visuals.

THE LAST MAN TO DIE sees the venue transformed into an abandoned museum from the future that celebrates humankind's ability to extend their lifespan indefinitely. On entering the venue, you will be presented with a special ticket allowing you to influence the direction of the performance. The non-traditional performance space will allow you to explore the work and even interact with the performers.
Created by Canberra based cross-artform group, Last Man to Die, the work features actor, Hanna Cormick, artist, Benjamin Forster, percussionist Charles Martin and writer Peter Butz.

DATE: July 7 and 8
TIME: 8:30pm
TICKETS: special preview rate: $10
VENUE:  Street Two, The Street Theatre

Cnr Childers Street and University Ave

BOOKINGS: 6247 1223 or http://www.thestreet.org.au/

WELCOME TO THE FUTURE, HAVE FUN LIVING FOREVER

Last Man to Die is supported by the ACT Government, the Australian Government
and PACT Centre for Emerging Artists.

TechNyou information service can be contacted to answer enquiries about emerging technologies: http://technyou.edu.au/ or 1800 631 276

Charles Martin speaks at NIME2010

Last Man to Die's percussionist, Charles Martin, will be presenting a paper at the academic conference New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME2010) in Sydney next Friday.

The paper, Cross Artform Performance using Networked Interfaces: Last Man to Die's Vital LMTD, explains the new technologies featured in our 2009 show, Vital LMTD and how they were used to creative effect in a theatrical performance.

Charles Martin will also be presenting a studio report, Audience Interactive Performance in The Last Man to Die at the Australasian Computer Music Conference in Canberra on the 24th of June. This paper explains new techniques for interactive performance devised by Last Man to Die in 2010.

The Last Man to Die at PACT Performance Space, Sydney

Last Man to Die are presenting open studio performances during our residency at PACT Centre for Emerging Artists, Sydney.

"THE LAST MAN TO DIE" is an active and interactive experiment which allows you to step into the distant future and look backwards in time. Join us as we explore mankind's reaction to near-future technologies such as extended lifespan, A.I. and brain-computer interfaces.

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When: 6-8pm Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th April
Where: PACT Centre for Emerging Artists, 107 Railway Pde, Erskineville, Sydney
What: An interactive installation / performance plus open discussion of techniques, technology and the future of cross-artform performance.
Price: Free!

Video Stream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-last-man-to-die/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=105125169529044
Press Release: http://www.charlesmartin.com.au/press/press_files/LMTD-PACTCentre-PressRelease-sml.pdf

The Last Man to Die - 12th March 2010

"The Last Man to Die" was performed at Belconnen Theatre on 12th of March 2010. We had over 60 wonderful participants in our first experiment of 2010!

Here's an overview video of our work which we will continue to develop for future (and past?) performances.

The Last Man to Die - 90 second overview from Charles Martin on Vimeo.

And some photos....

And a full video of the theatrette screen during our third performance on Friday (30 minutes):

The Last Man to Die (12th March 2010) from Charles Martin on Vimeo.

"THE LAST MAN TO DIE" showing times announced- 7pm/ 8pm/ 9pm

Belconnen Theatre Friday March 12- $0

This exciting experimental art event is kindly supported by the A.C.T. Government.


P.S. This is the best thing in Canberra on Friday.