Geoffrey Pugen, Bridge Kids | 2010 | 12min | HD | Canada
Bridge Kids takes place in the adultless near future, in which a tree house becomes a door to another dimension and rocks release intuitive powers. Documentary, historiography and mythology collide and transform in a virtual world of telepathic children. Through a collage of media, found footage, sci-fi cliché, and performance, Bridge Kids connects the research documentary on J.B. Rhine and the history of ESP/Parapsychology, with a science fiction drama portraying an adolescent’s technological reincarnation.
Saturday June 25 8pm
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Geoffrey Pugen is a graduate in both theatre arts from the University of British Columbia and Integrated media from the Ontario College of Art And Design. With converging skills of media manipulation, athletic sensibility, and theatrical satire, Pugen’s work deftly blends a futuristic aesthetic with social critique. Pugen explores the intersection between the virtual and the real in a hyper-techno society. His current work metaphorically depicts the effects of a techno-scientific vision/determinism on the creation and re-visioning of the human body. His videos, music and art have been exhibited Nationally and Internationally in Berlin-Transmediale, Australia-International Digital Art Awards, Poland, New York, Chicago, Miami, and Toronto. He is a recent recipient of the K.M Hunter Award for Interdisciplinary art.
