Fish & Game (UK)
'A spine-tingling encounter that will haunt you for days.' **** The Guardian
Fresh from an extended sell-out season at the Edinburgh Fringe, and dubbed by one Scottish culturemag as ‘Glasgow’s Live Art supergroup’, interdisciplinary duo Fish & Game make their Melbourne debut with a work that straddles forms and invites a completely new view of the world.
A filmic tour-for-one, Alma Mater fuses high-technology with lo-fi charm as individual audience members enter a specially constructed, full-scale child’s bedroom to immerse themselves – via iPad – in the world of a little girl.
With an original score by John De Simone performed by experimental octet Ensemble Thing, and cinematography from award-winning artist Anna Chaney, Alma Mater weaves a complex, handheld fairytale for the 21st century – a haunting meditation on family, familiarity and growing-up.
Creators: Fish & Game
Directors: Robert Walton, Eilidh MacAskill
Producer: Eilidh MacAskill
Cinematographer: Anna Chaney
Music: John De Simone
Performers: Lucy Gaizely, Albie Gaizely-Gardiner, Lyla Gaizely-Gardiner, Raedie Gaizely Gardiner, Gary Gardiner, Becki Gerrard, Thom Scullion, Mr Feathers
Music Performed by: Ensemble Thing - Colin Broom, Jay Capperauld, Helena Flint, Ed Lucas, Ross McCrae, Lizy Sirat, Seb Thirlway
Production Team: Jodie Wilkinson, Kevin Wratten, Ben Vale
Post-Production: Gavin Rizza
Boxes Design: Phil Bowen, Hugh Speirs
Alma Mater was created with the support of Made in Scotland 2011.
Presented by Arts House.