UPON ARRIVAL is an exploration into the gestalt of death. Imagine suddenly experiencing no feeling in your body at all — no more pain. Imagine your existence as part of a vast, indiscernible ether. Death is tranquil. Death is where we forget life. Death is a relief. Death is what we are striving toward our whole lives. In UPON ARRIVAL, we watch three characters journey into death and probe the physiological changes and philosophical question. Death is radically different from what these characters had in mind; yet, death still affects them as the feeling of no feeling, as pure liminality, as a flicker.

Louis Jargow is a director, musician, sound designer and video artist working in New York and Philadelphia. Louis employs multimedia in performance in order to explore the themes of virtually, authenticity and multiplicity. He juxtaposes live performers and virtual bodies in his work to probe the question “Which is real/original?” He is influenced by popular culture and also interested in using mash-up techniques in creating texts, videos and music. Louis is a founding member of Science Center and Telephone Bronco Theater Company.