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ABOUT THE PROJECT<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

\u2018User Not Found: Social Media as Immersive Performance\u2019<\/strong> is a research project based at the University of Reading which brings together theatre company Dante or Die<\/a> with technology agency, Marmelo<\/a>, Reading\u2019s Film, Theatre & Television Department<\/a> and the Centre for Death and Society<\/a> at the University of Bath.<\/span><\/h1>\n

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Experimental theatre company Dante or Die is devising a performance, User Not Found<\/em>, in which the central character experiences bereavement and mourning via the digital traces of his dead partner on social media. Currently, the lives and memories of most people in developed countries are expressed and accompanied by their history of electronic communications, their social media interactions and their collections of data such as photographs, videos and music. The relationship between individuals and their social media lives becomes particularly challenging after death, and now, in the process of ageing, people are crafting their digital legacy as part of their preparation for their demise.\u00a0 They are reflecting on their identity and seeking to pass on a particular version of themselves. Dante or Die\u2019s performance will focus on the relationship between life, death, identity and social media.\u00a0 It will engage audience members by using everyday social media technology and specifically an app developed by Marmelo Digital to immerse spectators in the performance.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

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ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

User Not<\/em> Found:\u00a0<\/em>A new production by Dante or Die<\/h4>\n

Created by Daphna Attias, Terry O’Donovan & Chris Goode
\nIn collaboration with Marmelo Digital<\/h4>\n

It\u2019s the moment of your death.
\nThere\u2019s a magic button.
\nDo you delete your entire online legacy?
\nOr do you keep it \u2013 and leave the choice for someone else?<\/h4>\n

USER NOT FOUND is about our digital lives after we die. Dante or Die’s new play, created with pioneering theatre-artist Chris Goode, is performed in caf\u00e9s across the country, where you\u2019ll be handed a smartphone and a pair of headphones. Become a fly-on-the-wall to peer into the life of a man who is faced with keeping or deleting.<\/h4>\n

A story of contemporary grief unfolds through this intimate performance that gently interrogates our emotional dependence on our screens.<\/h4>\n

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A five minute video of\u00a0Daphna Attias (co-Artistic Director of DOD), Chris Goode (scriptwriter), Luke Alexander (app developer from Marmelo), Sophie Gunn (access & BSL associate), Zia Bergin-Holly (lighting designer), and Terry O’Donovan talking about User Not Found<\/em>:<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n