Mere Mortals
Production Design & Visuals


Tamara Rojo kicked off San Francisco Ballet’s 2024 season with a captivating sensory performance blending music and dance in stunning visuals. The new piece, set to music by Floating Points and choreographed by Aszure Barton, reinterprets the ancient tale of Pandora for today’s tech-driven world.

We designed a dynamic LED scenography shaping light into various spaces. Our portrayal of Pandora focused on her human complexities. She embodied the mix of good and bad in us all, symbolizing the responsibility that comes with power, akin to AI.

Thus, we combined traditional image-making with AI tools to explore this contradiction and its resulting aesthetics. This process prompted a rethink of our artistic methods within the contemporary technological landscape while maintaining our ability as creators to craft our images.

Credits +
Credits

  • Choreographer
    Aszure Barton

  • Music Composed by
    Floating Points

  • Production Design and Visuals
    Hamill Industries

  • Costume Design
    Michelle Jank

  • Lighting Design
    Jim French

  • Dramaturg
    Carmen Kovacs

  • Collaborative Assistant
    James Gregg

  • Sound Engineer
    Lotta Westermarck

  • Copyist & Orchestral Assistant to the Composer
    Lara Serafin

  • Creative Coordinator & Dramaturg
    LeeAnn Rossi

  • Hamill Team
    Francesc Sòria, Sergi Margalef, Arrate Ayala, Laura Valles

  • World Premiere
    January 26, 2024—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California

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Press