2023 - ESPACE NIEMEYER

Reality Surf

Two-headed carabao calf Eleuterio Jr. — preserved by an ecocult and reanimated as the mascot of a demilitarised Mischief Reef — recounts his devotion to the super-storm that killed him. The second live sequel to Alley to Heaven, performed using a projected low-poly environment, voice transformer and vroid avatar.

Commissioned for Daisy World at Espace Niemeyer, Paris as part of The Well Tempered, a programme of atmospheres and atmospherics curated by Jade Barget with Saki Hibino.

Performance with video projection, 23 mins
Score · Libya Montes & Rayce Vaughn ☾ Virtual Cinematography · Carlo Quicho ☾ 3D Artist · Farid Mammadov ☾ Environment Design · Sagar Chavda ☾ Photography · Martin Lazlo Rouillé

2023 - SOFT POWER

Bad Omens

Disaster-sensing nanosatellite MAYA-8 experiences machine psychosis and falls in love with all her data labellers at once. The first live sequel to Alley to Heaven, performed using a projected low-poly environment and livestreamed avatar.

Commissioned for Omen Central at Soft Power, Berlin as part of The Well Tempered, a programme of atmospheres and atmospherics curated by Jade Barget with Saki Hibino. Performed again for Margins United at EartH, London.

Performance with livestreamed projection, 17 mins
Score · Mercyboyz ☾ Virtual Cinematography · Carlo Quicho ☾ 3D Artist · Farid Mammadov ☾ Environment Design · Sagar Chavda ☾ Photography · Sonia Rybak

2023 · STANLEY PICKER

Alley to Heaven

Three nonhuman agents — a coral polyp swarm, a two-headed carabao calf, and a sparrow-nanosatellite hybrid — reflect on an artificial island’s ecology, history, and geopolitical status within the contested territory of the South China / West Philippine Sea.

Commissioned for A World of Islands, an exhibition curated by Ligaya Salazar at Stanley Picker Gallery, London. A World of Islands considers the movement of indigenous knowledge, practices, materials and people, and historical and current fabrications of tropical utopia and dystopia.

Exhibited at Sérum Radiance, curated by Jade Barget at Fondation Fiminico, Paris. The exhibition brings together a selection of works on the development and study of ecosystems, with works highlighting the toxic ecologies of which humanity is an integral part.

Single-channel video with CGI, vroid avatars, and found footage, 19 mins
Directed by Alex Quicho & Carlo Quicho
Design · Javier Syquia ☾ Score · Libya Montes ☾ Virtual Cinematography · Carlo Quicho ☾ 3D Artist · Farid Mammadov ☾ Environment Design · Sagar Chavda ☾ Additional Score and Sound Design · Rayce Vaughn ☾ Colourist · Cam McCutcheon

2022 · SOMERSET HOUSE STUDIOS

Demonic Cognition

A video-augmented lecture-performance on the animistic, modernist, and authoritarian spirits that haunt the archipelagoes and peninsulas of the tropics — drawing and departing from the research behind Small Gods.

Commissioned for New Worlds, an experimental series curated by Alice Bucknell at Somerset House Studios. The performances merge magic and technology to explore the interconnected topics of sound and ritual, myth-making, non-linear storytelling, ecological futures, and more-than-human narratives. Reviewed by Elephant.

Performance with video projection, 25 mins
Video direction & production · Carlo Quicho ☾ Score · Mercyboyz ☾ DP · Matt Young ☾ Stylist · Camilla Lesyk ☾ Type design · Liam Morrow ☾ 3D animation · Chrome Destroyer ☾ Colourist · Cam McCutcheon ☾ Model & MUA · Kiera Castro