The Thomas More Project is…
…a collective of six artists working towards their own conception of Utopia. So far this project has explored two directions, respectively the concepts of Industrial Worlds and the Return to Nature. An ambitious enterprise ? Nonetheless, the result is here…
The Thomas More Project stimulates the spectator/listener’s senses during a one-hour audiovisual performance staging the interplay between four musicians and live manipulation of projected film sequences by two VJs. The cinematic sequences include original material, shot by the VJs themselves, as well as archives from various films. Moving through electro, rock, jazz or funk, the music has been composed specially for this project.
Be they frightening, haunting, dynamic, soothing or amusing, the blend of sonic and visual elements creates a wide array of atmospheres, striving to capture as well as to excite human emotion. An uncommon journey not to be missed…
Reykjavik @ Theatre Octogone, Lausanne, February 2008