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“Trial Child: Nurture a Better Nature” is a 32 minute HD video, 45 minute live performance and immersive video installation.
SYNOPSIS
Potential parents Dan and Peg live in a world that rewards high self-control above all else. When a new product called, Trial Child, a robotic replica of a couples' would-be child, becomes available, they jump at the opportunity to prepare themselves for parenthood. But when Dan and Peg's Trial Child, Torrent, is less than what they'd hoped for, the ground beneath their feet begins to tremble with the awkward sensation that maybe everything they've come to believe is a bunch of crap.
This work has been screened, installed or performed live at:
Front Space
Kansas City, MO
THE HAND.SPACE
Brooklyn, NY
NAVEL
Los Angeles, CA
MOCA Tucson
Tucson, AZ
Open Eye Figure Theatre
Minneapolis, MN
NowSpace
Los Angeles, CA
Screen Share Video Gallery
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
SBCAST
Santa Barbara, CA
UCSB Art, Design and Architecture Museum
Santa Barbara, CA
CREDITS
Written, Directed & Performed by
Scotty Wagner
Set Design & Art Direction by
Bailey Hikawa
Director of Photography
Alan Bucaria
Original Music by
Ben Christensen
Costumes by
Ainsley Buhl
Produced by
Emotional.Store
2nd Camera
Starr Sanford
Boom
Mateo Escalante
Production Assistant
Vanessa Ayala
Featuring
Alyssa Rogers, Dominic Riolo, Nadia Talley & Brenda Morales
DESCRIPTION
“Trial Child: Nurture a Better Nature” is a 32 minute HD video, 45 minute live performance and immersive video installation.
SYNOPSIS
Potential parents Dan and Peg live in a world that rewards high self-control above all else. When a new product called, Trial Child, a robotic replica of a couples' would-be child, becomes available, they jump at the opportunity to prepare themselves for parenthood. But when Dan and Peg's Trial Child, Torrent, is less than what they'd hoped for, the ground beneath their feet begins to tremble with the awkward sensation that maybe everything they've come to believe is a bunch of crap.
LIVE PERFORMANCE
INSTALLATION
THE MOVIE
PAST PRODUCTIONS
This work has been screened, installed or performed live at:
Front Space
Kansas City, MO
THE HAND.SPACE
Brooklyn, NY
NAVEL
Los Angeles, CA
MOCA Tucson
Tucson, AZ
Open Eye Figure Theatre
Minneapolis, MN
NowSpace
Los Angeles, CA
Screen Share Video Gallery
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
SBCAST
Santa Barbara, CA
UCSB Art, Design and Architecture Museum
Santa Barbara, CA
CREDITS
Written, Directed & Performed by
Scotty Wagner
Set Design & Art Direction by
Bailey Hikawa
Director of Photography
Alan Bucaria
Original Music by
Ben Christensen
Costumes by
Ainsley Buhl
Produced by
Emotional.Store
VIDEO CREDITS
2nd Camera
Starr Sanford
Boom
Mateo Escalante
Production Assistant
Vanessa Ayala
Featuring
Alyssa Rogers, Dominic Riolo, Nadia Talley & Brenda Morales