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Ani Taj Niemann
YOU MAY MEET HER

first performed on April 18, 2014
Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY
performed 56 times in seven days in 2014

ZHENESSE HEINEMANN

New York, NY
me@zhenesse.com
zhenesse.com

YOU MAY MEET HER
ZHENESSE HEINEMANN

“You May Meet Her” is an IRL RPG centered on a blind playdate with a socially anxious extrovert, her house and her hired help. An entirely immersive and interactive installation “You May Meet Her” is set with 60-plus action items that, once triggered, activate a response that may delight the (singular) guest and voyeurs on the lawn. “You May Meet Her” is in an experiment in embodied encounters in a progressively digital social age, choice, if/then scenarios, social contract, etiquette, danger and safety in unfamiliar situations and surprises.

Ms. Connections, a non-verbal clown who suffers from loneliness and papers her walls with Yellow Pages pages to comfort herself, is reading The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People and practicing pro-activity; so she has moved her entire house to the Abrons Underground, hired entertainment, procured snacks, and engaged staff in order to properly, and safely, receive unknown guests.