UPCOMING LIVE STREAM…
SHOOT!
A one act opera by Alfredo Cabrera
April 11, 2025 | 7:00 PM
SHOOT! is a one-act opera monodrama that explores the crude reality faced by the victims and
perpetrators of state-sponsored violence from the specific perspective of BIPOC individuals. The work
aims to challenge the canonic boundaries of operatic composition through the use of Venezuelan folk
music, electronic music (both live signal processing and fixed media composition), artificial intelligence,
and Afro-Caribbean ritual performance practices. At the core of this project is the dual positionality of
individuals employed by the state as enforcers of the status quo, being themselves victims of the
mechanisms they are asked to uphold.
The Video Studio also accepting proposals for “Faculty Priority Month”, May 2025 and proposals from everybody Academic Year 2026 and beyond.
The DMC Video Studio is an experimental media lab and high quality documentation space that is available to the entire University of Michigan’s community. Well equipped and staffed, it enables original concepts and ideas to be turned into rich media that can be shared with the world. The Video Studio is also a collaborative sandbox, where faculty, students, visiting educators, scientists and artists come to collaborate and to produce or display high quality video and audio and to experiment with media technology. Whether it be capturing green screen sequences, recording motion capture data, experimenting with projection mapping, or documenting an original performance using multiple cameras and microphones – to name just a fraction of the possibilities – Video Studio projects are typically experimental or academic and represent learning, teaching and research across the disciplines.
Our team is available to assist with the video, audio, lighting, design, and technical needs of your production.
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