Marianne Weems is the artistic director of New York-based multimedia theater group the Builders Association. Their productions often tackle contemporary issues related to technology, such as "post visual forms" of surveillance in Super Visionor the impact of globalization on identity and language in Alladeen.They are currently developing their newest project, Continuous City.The play examines contemporary experiences of location in relationshipto the rise of megacities and a distributed sense of selfhood. Oneunique component of the production is a fictional social networkingsite named "Zubu" which will collect testimonials and footage frominhabitants in each city in which Continuous City is staged. Inconjunction with their week-long residency, Weems, along with fellowcollaborators, will give a free public talk on Continuous City at the Kitchen in New York City on Saturday June 21st at 5pm
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