Critical Distance: "the point within a room where the sound level of the direct field radiating from the loudspeaker and the reverberant field within the room become equal in intensity or level."
critical distance creates collaborative and interdisciplinary performance works that focus on aural landscape, theatrical poetry and shared sensory space. Building theatre from the ground up, the company creates original works that continue to change and develop through rehearsal and production, allowing the roles of each artist to remain fluid.
Some questions without definitive answers:
“How can the relationship between performer and spectator be explored by blending personal narrative and fiction with mediated sound environments and theatrical poetry?”
“How do the shared sensory spaces in live performance change the reception of text, and the signification of spaces between words?”
“What enables anyone to embrace the logic of a five year old, and believe it when they are told that birds songs come from the whistling of their hollow bones or that once upon a time countries were shaped like stars?”