Slipstreaming

Barbara Matijevic & Giuseppe Chico / France, Croatia & Italy

In the near future, amid global instability caused by a series of health and environmental crises, a group of fringe libertarians and self-proclaimed anarcho-capitalists vigorously pursue their dream of building new, self-sustaining societies.
Their pilot project is a huge cruise ship, the world’s first floating nano-nation, traveling in international waters beyond the jurisdiction of any country.
Funded by the wealth of Silicon Valley, their goal is to establish permanent, self-sustaining ocean communities to enable experimentation and innovation with diverse social, political, and legal systems. They aspire to restore the environment, solve the problem of overpopulation and free humanity from politicians. In theory.
In practice, the ship resembles a luxury liner, an enclave for the wealthy on which ordinary people can set foot only as staff members or as lucky lottery winners.
Caught between the ideal of community life on the one hand, and on the other – trying to prevent anyone else from getting on board, their decisions keep having catastrophic consequences. In order to prevent future disasters, they keep inviting inspiring guests to spend time on the ship – scientists, activists, economists, artists – hoping that their insights will help them better govern the ship’s community.
The protagonist is a vlogger whose goal is to document and report on the residents’ life and to talk to the guests they invite, some of whom are well known public figures.
These talks are conducted live, using motion-capture technology, and they are always set in highly fictional, dramatic situations that put the guest’s theories to the test, with the participation of the audience.
Combining live V-Tubing performance with 3D animation built in a game engine, Slipstreaming is an absurdist comedy series that addresses the issues of inequality in the face of environmental and technological disruption.