Ideally, the stage version of Yamantaka//Sonic Titan’s rock opera Stars would feature a Hong Kong-like metropolis being invaded by fascist dog people, fended off by a spiritual hero. It would be a cross-cultural spectacle, expanding their current live performance, which blends their experimental sound with narrative, imaginative costumes, video production and black and white paper sets. But the funding required would be astronomical. A game’s budget is by no means small, but once you pass a certain threshold, creatively, the star’s the limit.
“Stars is an opera that can’t be quite given full justice on stage,” says Yamantaka//Sonic Titan co-founder, co-director and life-long gamer Alaska B. “We’re kind of reworking it, infusing it with a video game approach.” The result, Your Task//Shoot Things, turns a would-be audience into the performer.
Alaska B adores virtual spaces, and doesn’t see why an art world occupied by video installations can’t treat an artificial reality with
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