The performance brought together songs of Taiwanese indigenous culture, modern dance, Eastern drums and live-capture interactive video installation for an interdisciplinary theatrical adventure. Written and directed by Taiwanese digital artist Jinyao Lin, the show features content created on the spot with the stage transformed into a vibrant space through projection. The indigenous artists’ stentorian voices also provided a rich tapestry of sound, a feast for the audience’s soul.

Distortion City is a reinstallation of the linearity of time, where the limitless possibilities of the future can be based on historical foundations. Whereas the average new media theatre may run the risk of replacing the pureness of art with technology thus creating shallow results, this show wishes to use technology to imbue traditional art with new meaning and new symbols.