Blast Theory has been commissioned by the Royal Opera House, London, to create a new work for the Deloitte Ignite Festival 2008. Curated by renowned choreographer Wayne McGregor, Deloitte Ignite represented a revelatory tour through the senses, with a whole spectrum of experiences to stimulate, tantalise, and inspire.

For three days, Blast Theory and eight young people from the Mile End area of London were linked to the Royal Opera House for ‘You Get Me’, an online chase game where you choose how far to go.

At that moment in Mile End Park itself a tracksuited teenager with a walkie-talkie hovers near the green bridge. First, you have to get them. Dive into the virtual park, race past the canal and - if you can walk the walk – break through into the lush nighttime world of pavilions and sodium glows. Take a satellite tracked stroll with them: they have something to say.

‘You Get Me’ is a work about understanding, intimacy and mediation.

Research partners

'You Get Me' has been developed with the support of the Mixed Reality Lab of the University of Nottingham with additional support from Urban Adventure Base, Chisenhale Gallery Education Program, Fundamental Architectural Inclusion and Mile End Park (Tower Hamlets Borough Council). Blast Theory is supported by Arts Council England.

 

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