Michael Benedicto
Manila-based musician and one of the artists behind 1F Projects. He releases music as Strange Device — a project that moves between synthpop and longer-form scoring work, with the Material soundtrack composed for this performance.
Performance
First run
Material is a piece about the anxious mind and the inadequacy of reason. Two figures encounter each other and grapple with obscure forces within and around themselves. Driven mad with uncertainty, they spiral into the immaterial.
First run on 30 September 2023; a second show followed on 13 October.
Manila-based musician and one of the artists behind 1F Projects. He releases music as Strange Device — a project that moves between synthpop and longer-form scoring work, with the Material soundtrack composed for this performance.
Multi-awarded ballet dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker. A soloist with Ballet Philippines and the founder of Fifth Wall Fest — the Philippines’ first dance film festival, launched in 2020 — she works across stage, film, and movement direction, with a fellowship in dance film from New York via the Asian Cultural Council.
Selected photographs and video from the night.