A small, black robotic vehicle labeled 'Presence' sits on a patterned tile floor of a colonial-style veranda, featuring a mobile camera mount on top. This remote-controlled device serves as a central prop in Rooftop Productions' (天台製作) experimental show 'Presence' (《遙距在場》), which explores themes of connection and distance in contemporary Hong Kong theatre. The robot is positioned near a potted plant and a metal barrier with the hills of Hong Kong in the background. "Rituals emphasize efficacy: healing the sick, initiating neophytes, burying the dead, teaching the ignorant, forming and cementing social relations, maintaining (or overthrowing) the status quo, remembering the past, propitiating the gods, exorcising the demonic, maintaining cosmic order."

Presence Robot on the Veranda

The robotic device acts as a witness to our rituals of connection, echoing the sentiment that 'rituals emphasize efficacy: healing the sick, initiating neophytes, and maintaining cosmic order.'

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Credit: Calvin ChanThursday, 16 March 2023 at 07:02:57