Project Description
“Free UR Head” by director Tung-Yen CHOU (a Very Theatre Taipei production) is a public participatory choreography project that uses custom-developed real-time Immersive (XR) technology. In Free UR Head, physical reality blends with virtual reality in an unprecedented audience experience for dozens of participants simultaneously, while, at the same time, being watched by a 2nd tier audience of viewers.
By playing with individuality and collectivity using the virtual reality Free UR Head, it questions and rethinks the definition of audience and explores the boundaries of choreography in a mutual relationship with digital technology.
As an international consultant for Tung-Yen CHOU / Very Theatre, my role is to promote, distribute, and present their work outside Taiwan, in part made possible by a grant from the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan (2023 – 2025)
Free UR Head presentations:
2023 – Venice Gap-Financing Market Immersive projects
2023 – XR Spotlight at TTXC / Kaohsiung Film Festival (world premiere)
2024 – In competition at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, Immersive Category (international premiere)
2024 – Highlights program 30th GIFF: Geneva International Film Festival (Swiss premiere)
2025 – Festival der Zukunft, Munich (German premiere)
2025 – Osaka, Osaka Kansai World Expo (Japanese premiere)
2026 – MASA, Abidjan Village de L’innovation (Ivory Coast premiere)
2026 – Fantastic Film Festival, Bucheon (South Korea premiere)
2026 – Melbourne Fringe Festival (Australian premiere)