Coil by re:group performance collective 2022

Streaming killed the video store.

An elegy to the closure of the local video shop, Coil is about loneliness, nostalgia, friendship and viability. Blurring the boundaries of theatre, film and ceremony, Coil draws on our collective memories to pay tribute to the glory days of the video store, and commemorate the communities we made within them.

THIS SUMMER, in a new live cinema experience, re:group reflects upon the joys, perils and pitfalls of nostalgia; outsourcing their own labour to technological replacements and grappling with goodbyes.

SYDNEY 10-12 FEB : Presented by PACT

MELBOURNE 17-19 FEB: Presented by Next Wave at Brunswick Mechanics Institute

• Lead Artists/ Performers: Steve Wilson-Alexander, Solomon Thomas, Carly Young and Mark Rogers

• Video design: Solomon Thomas

• Screenplay: Mark Rogers

• Sound design: Liam Halliwell

• Automation programming: Chris Howell

PROGRAM NOTE

Developed with the support of Arts Tasmania, Australia Council for the Arts, Next Wave, PACT, Salamanca Arts Centre, Mona Foma, MERRIGONGX, Punctum, Regional Arts Fund Tasmania and Creative Partnerships Australia through MATCH Lab. Images by Rosie Hastie

About the artist

re:group are a group of friends based between Hobart, Wollongong and Sydney. Inspired by the highs and lows of pop culture, they mash theatre and movie-making together to create live cinema. Their latest work, Coil, uses custom coded video-DJing technology to create an entire film cast from a solo performer on stage.

About the program

PACT Presents is PACT's new annual presentation program which premiers new full-length-work by emerging artists. PACT Presents represents PACT's continued investment in presenting new contemporary performance by emerging artists and this year, this new work will finally see full presentation after being originally programmed into the Next Wave 2020 Festival program.