O+P Works presents BIGTIMECLOCKS, an interactive, immersive and durational live art event that playfully reinvents the world of work. Across dual platforms, both online and in person, BIGTIMECLOCKS challenges the modern world’s obsession of equating productivity with self worth, and attempts to rethink our relationship with time through the lens of surreal, immediate, performance art.
It’s a playground of administration. A race against the clock. A brand-new interactive, durational experience. BIGTIMECLOCKS, it’s about time.
On from 16-27 November at BATS Theatre as part of the STAB Commission 2021.
““We are designing BIGTIMECLOCKS with the audience at front of mind. In all of our work, we aim to give the audience the freedom to play, the space to bring their own perspective and the permission to curate their own experience.””
The STAB commission has a legacy of producing boundary-pushing shows such as Live at Six and Apollo 13: Mission Control, extending the possibility of art forms and BATS has launched the careers of some of Aotearoa’s best creatives such as Taika Waititi, Flight of the Conchords, and Fly My Pretties. BIGTIMECLOCKS will continue this legacy, looking at new ways of shaping performance through an interactive mailing list, investigating financial accessibility through a “pay what you can” scheme and free tickets, allowing participants to come and go throughout the duration of that evening’s show, and delivering the show online and in person.
BIGTIMECLOCKS producer, Todd Waters, says “trying to make shows as accessible as possible is something I am super passionate about. One of the main barriers to people going to art events is cost - so to be able to explore offering tickets as low as $5 or for free is really exciting!”
O+P Works is a collaboration between groundbreaking creative powerhouses Olivia Mahood and Poppy Serano - they have been working together since 2015. They produce live performance and installation works with a focus on interaction, accessibility and public spaces. Previous works include Re-flects, Auckland Arts Festival 2020, Boss of an Office, Auckland Fringe Festival 2019, Sense of a Stranger, Performance Arcade 2018. They received the Spirit of the Fringe Award 2020 for Cleaning the Room, and Best Contemporary Performance & Live Art and Best Production Design 2019 for Boss of an Office. They are super grateful to be working with BATS Theatre for the 26th annual STAB commission, “This commission is critical to our development as artists. There are ways of creating that we are testing and things we are learning that are only possible due to the STAB commission and the support of BATS.” - Poppy Serano
Directed by Olivia Mahood and Poppy Serano
Created by Olivia Mahood, Poppy Serano and Samuel Austin
Lighting Design by Elekis Poblete Teirney
Design by Samuel Austin
Performed by Ella Gilbert and Hakaia Daly
Produced by Todd Waters
