Presented as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival, The Human Project's 2.0
| Contact, is an exploration on what touch can be and mean to humans and how life
could be without it. A highly physical experimental piece, it incorporates
martial arts, dancing and some wrestling moments as an "outsider"
dissects and analyses the state of physical touching.
With injury befalling one of the performers, the show has had to be
restructured to work around the three remaining cast (Rosie Osmond, Ashton Sly
and Joseph Lai) and you wouldn't be able to tell as the performance is seamless
and feels like it has been just the three of them rehearsing all this time. This
is a highly demanding show - both physically and mentally - but the training and
effort the three have put in in getting this piece together is evident. With its
minimalist set, staging and costumes there is nothing for the
performers to hide behind and their every move and word is what has all of our
attention.
