Interactive Performance · 2016
Alternative #Tigerstyle
A childish prank at a traditional nightclub event.
Goal & Strategy
Deploy iconic characters into a situational taboo.
Goal
Widen the possibility space for social interactions within a well-established cultural context.
Strategy
Put Calvin on a dance floor and see who follows him.
The Project
Fun fact: It is illegal to be a child in a nightclub.
Alternative #Tigerstyle was an interactive performance piece that brought some of the world's most lovable characters to the most unlikely of places. At a club event known for taking pride in nailing party basics, Bill Watterson's Calvin and one of his duplicates arrived in style with a red wagon, a cardboard box, and 50 tiger masks. Together, the duo gave time machine tours, had philosophical conversations with guests as they wheeled around the dance floor, and transmogrified a not insignificant number of the participants into tigers. The procedure was faithful to the source: the guest climbed into an enormous cardboard box and popped back out wearing stripes.
Inspiration
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Comics by Bill Watterson
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Comics by Bill Watterson
The Event
- 01 Robotopia
- 02 Magic Circle
- 03 The Racket
- 04 What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stranger
- 05 School Daze
- 06 See You in Heck
- 07 NDA
- 08 Elsewhere
- 09 Hoax
- 10 Fucking Medals
- 11 The Rambler Tourney
- 12 Art Hack Day: DETHRONE
- 13 The Speakeasy
- 14 The Exchange
- 15 The Department of Decontamination
- 16 Party Crashing
- 17 The Gelt Standard
- 18 Future Repasts
- 19 Alternative #Tigerstyle
- 20 The Museum of Cheeselantian Archaeology
- 21 Starship Titanica
- 22 The Order of Byzantium