The God of the Internet
During the Covid lockdown we were invited by the 25 de Mayo Cultural Center to create a play for a specific group of elderly people with no artistic experience. So we created The God Of The Internet, an experimental piece based on the biographies of 5 of the 16 performers that that overlapped the story of Jon Postel, one of the founding fathers of the internet.
Gala is a gamer, she kills monsters online with her elf avatar. Edda is a youtuber, she has her own cooking channel to teach how to prepare the most traditional dishes from Venezuela. Susana visits her murdered son, who lives in the cloud. Medy longs for love while watching Chinese novels online. Carlos tells us the story of the god of the internet. Julian, a creature of this century, interviews them live.
Performers: Carlos Belisle, Susana Gambarino, Medy Martínez, Galita Saeta, Edda Rivas, María Cristina Agrelo, Norma Armendariz, Beatriz Felman, Alba Landi, Marta Pielet, Silvina Pumares, Ana María Quevedo, Nilda Rodríguez, Jorge Rodríguez Calviño, Rebeca Rosenfeld, Norma Sommaruga and Julián Vila Graca.
Directed by
Florencia Werchowsky
Written by
Alejandro Quesada and Florencia Werchowsky
Production
Felicitas Oliden
Technical production
Rodrigo González Alvarado
Original score
Diego Voloschin
Set design
Santiago Badillo
Light design
Adrián Grimozzi
Costumes
Uriel Cistaro
Vocal coaching
Natasha Sterman
Video
Lucila Bernabey y Nicolás Camerano
Community Manager
Luis Barrios
Production assistant
Martina De Giorgio
Premiered at FIBA 2022 - Performances during February and March at the Centro Cultural 25 de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.