Thesis Proposal

The proposed project will produce a performance about the impact of distance on people's lives, how the established relationships among people change and how the humanity has created virtual extensions to continue in communication. Could you love somebody at the distance? Could you hate her? People move among cities, they migrate to other countries pursuing their dreams, but they leave family, friends, loved ones and hated ones behind. Is there any way to stay with the people you left behind? Is there any way to keep with you a person who is somewhere else? Human history is full of immigration, people moving from one country to the other looking for a better life. Pre-historic rests of humans show that they used to move from one place to the other for food. Nowadays people move for other more complicated reasons: love, for a better work, even for a worse life but to get money sent to their families. Motives and motivations are many, but all of them need to communicate at the distance with their families and beloved ones. Communication is like connection, everybody wants to keep connected when they are at the distance, to express their feelings, to be heard, to express their opinions and even to argue with others. Today, there are limited ways to connect people at the distance. Our senses have been extended beyond their natural scopes with devices like telephone or the internet. We started with the audio on the phone and with the video and television, but several years passed until we had live TV. Now with the internet we have live video and audio, so the senses of the view and hearing are covered, but the rest of our senses are still in progress. The tact, the smell and taste are hard to cover but, will the technology be able to cover those in the future in order to have a full presence through distance?