Congratulations Employee 501111! You’ve been selected for voluntary compliance training at the QUIGITAL CORPORATE RETREAT. In this theatrical percussion-centric performance augmented by technology, Quigital, Architek Percussion, and Sarah Albu invite you to experience the future of work: faster, louder, and playfully soul crushing. Powered by relentlessly enthusiastic algorithms, vocalist Sarah Albu will guide you through product launches, loyalty tests, and passive-aggressive e-mail lounge ballads. Stay alert: compliance training is mandatory, termination is inevitable, and your cell phone can be used for real-time audience metrics. Business casual encouraged. If you’re on time, you’re late.

Architek Percussion creates artistic experiences that entertain, captivate, and challenge audiences, often simultaneously. Architek is equally comfortable performing classic quartet repertoire and exploring new terrain through commissions and premieres, often using instrument batteries that extend far beyond the traditional arsenal of instruments associated with percussion.

Sarah Albu is a singer, composer and performance-maker. Her background in theatre and obsession with science fiction feed quirky and darkly comedic imagined worlds. Known for her captivating stage presence and natural ease in roles ranging from dramatic to slapstick comedy, she is praised for her precision, agile soprano register and her versatility as an adventurous vocalist specializing in avant-garde, contemporary and experimental music/stage work.

Quigital is an artist collective that explores the absurdity of corporate aesthetics and culture through interactive art. With slick, corporate visuals, innovative technological approaches, and engaging interactive components, the Quigital team puts forth a thoughtful critique of the capitalist relationship between corporations, their employees, and their consumers.

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A co-presentation with Architek Percussion

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We would like to thank the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts de Montréal, and the SOCAN Foundation for their support.