A production by wrong.orchestra, a collective experimental project, System: After Olafur Eliasson gathers practitioners across various media to explore the immersive experience of sound-both human-made and more-than-human.
Part of the public programs for the ongoing exhibition Olafur Eliasson: your curious journey, the event was organized by creative collectives wrong.institute and et alt in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD) and the Music Production Program of the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB).
In System: After Olafur Eliasson, wrong.orchestra views adaptation as a generative force and the only recourse within the present environmental and technological states.
The performance seeks to answer: When control is seized, and the players become mutable, will the symphony continue? How long can adaptation sustain a system that keeps taking choices away?
Completely improvised, each sound is formed and built upon by another, requiring each player to sense and listen. As it unfolds, the performance becomes a collective response to choice and the lack of it.
The show will feature costume design by Carl Jan Cruz, dramaturgy by Emerging Islands, documentation by Tarzeer Pictures, and lighting by RSL Rhythm Sound and Light Trading Corp. (RSL). The initiative is supported by Goethe-Institut Philippinen. System: After Olafur Eliasson is free and open to the public.
It is scheduled for September 12, 2026, 5 pm, at the 6th Floor, Black Box of the Benilde Design + Arts Campus, 950 Pablo Ocampo Street, Malate, Manila.
More information can be found at www.facebook.com/MCADManila or www.mcadmanila.org.ph.