Unsilent Mode
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Unsilent Mode is a trilogy of works-in-progress that aims to recontextualize the theatre event for audiences attuned to networked media assemblages spanning digital interfaces, haptic technologies, and social platforms. Through an iterative process, the project traces how perception, relationality, and agency are shaped in mediatized settings, then remediates these dynamics within an experiential logic distinctive to theatre. Across the trilogy, each volume tests encounter configurations that build cumulatively: liveness and co-presence (2024), immersion and reciprocity (2025), and participation and collaboration (2026). The project convenes globally dispersed collaborators without requiring travel, alternating between physical and digital presence according to the site. In a shared, hypermediated, and networked space, it interweaves narratives that resonate translocally, imagining performer–audience co-authorship as embodied practice that might contest inequalities, seek redress, and craft more sustainable social imaginaries.
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Kelvin Wong is a Malaysian theatremaker, producer, and educator. He was Resident Director at The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre and founded Theatresauce, a Kuala Lumpur-based director collective. He holds an MFA from The Theatre School at DePaul University, Chicago, and has taught at Sunway University, Malaysia. Kelvin is currently a third-year PhD candidate with the Universities of Exeter and Bristol, funded by the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership (SWWDTP). k.wong2@exeter.ac.uk