ABSTRACT
Led by Matt Adams, Ju Row Farr and Nick Tandavanitj, Blast Theory create projects that merge different technologies and dramaturgical structures, converging disciplines such as live performance, media arts and games. Their work explores the relationship between real, virtual and fictional with a focus on the socio-political aspects of technology and how these affect social dynamics. During the 1970s, some of the most important political discussions in Western urban culture were happening via the medium of kidnapping, if you look at the Baader-Meinhof gang in Germany, for example. That is why Abramovic's work takes place in a gallery and is very heavily documented as a historical moment in performance history, whereas Kidnap took place on the streets of London and was observed in a completely different way. In his interview with Maria X, Matt Adams mentions that Blast Theory are interested in setting up performative environments 'in which several things can compete simultaneously for the audience's attention'.
