Selfie Concert

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Ivo Dimchev invites you to a casual, communal concert–one which blithely steps over the traditional boundary between artist and audience. The idea is wonderfully simple: there is no stage, there is no hierarchy and there is no performance from Dimchev unless people are taking selfies with him. The singer-songwriter comes equipped with a synth, and requires nothing else besides his beautifully ethereal voice–and, again, those selfies.

The concept may be simple, but the motivation is not: Dimchev has evoked sculpture and choreography in defining it. For him, the selfie is a flexible entity, existing as both performance and recording, action and abstraction. Traceable to an individual and diffused through social media, it’s a device for spreading communion, as well as, most importantly, a reason to be physically close to each other. You may come for the beautiful ballads and stay for the selfies, or vice versa; either way, this concert is a revelatory experience.

Canadian Tour Partners: Mile Zero Dance Company, MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels)

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