about LASER TAG SOUND TRACK

What does it mean that our games, our films, and our wars resemble each other so completely? 

Laser Tag Sound Track will engage the connections between recreation, gaming, blockbuster films, role-playing, soundtrack, war, trauma, duty, broadcast media ("reality journalism"), and the possible effects of such unselfconsciously mimetic behaviors!

This participatory multimedia performance is a blend of experimental soundtracks, speculative journalism, and architectural re-inquiry, all in a functioning laser tag facility.  Curated experimental compositions play as the soundtrack for six games, where the audience will explore soundscapes as active participants.  Audience members will also be able to act within each game as "embedded" scenario journalists.  They will be loaned equipment for recording a live audio track, which will be aired in real-time on a mobile radio broadcasting unit.  Each game will be prefaced by a short theatrical narrative by a different Los Angeles artist.

COMPOSERS: 

Fabian Beltran (San Antonio, TX)
Carolyn Chen (Pasadena, CA)
0th (various)
Ezra Buchla with Erika Anderson (Los Angeles, CA)
Daby Byrne, as some pepper (Los Angeles, CA)
Walt McClements (Los Angeles, CA)
Chris Thomas (Los Angeles, CA)
Kendal Fortson (no location)
João Oliveira (Porto, Portugal)
Rick Weaver (Baltimore, MD)

The Lite: Cosmic d'Alessando  & Nina Sarnelle

PERFORMERS: 

Mireya Lucio, Ian Page, Lex Brown, Leslie Rogers, Zac Palladino.

Laser Tag Sound Track is organized  by Anna Ialeggio with technical support from KCHUNG Radio, an independent Los Angeles radio station.

Thanks to a successful fundraising campaign, tickets are offered on a sliding scale.  Proceeds will support honoraria for the artists.