Reflections from SXSW. After a week immersed in the XR programme at SXSW, a few things have stayed with us. Across multiple works - from intimate, archive-led storytelling to playful, confrontational and deeply personal experiences - there was a clear thread. High technology being used not as spectacle, but as a way to explore something fundamentally human. Highlights including ‘Lost Love Hotline’ stood out for their emotional depth - drawing audiences into shared experiences of heartbreak through voice, memory and interaction. Others, like ‘Lesbian Simulator’, approached identity with humour, sharpness and clarity, creating space for both joy and critique. We enjoyed some great work from both ‘Cycle’ and ‘Lovebirds’ - clever and engaging. What resonated most was not the technology itself, but the intention behind it. Across the programme, artists are asking similar questions: How do we reconnect? How do we process experience? What does it mean to be human in increasingly mediated environments? There is a clear shift - away from novelty, and towards meaning. Unwired Dance Theatre is proud to be part of this wider conversation, presenting loss·y within a programme that continues to push the boundaries of immersive, embodied work. More to come. @british_underground @aceagrams @lostlovehotline @sxsw @lisajamhoury #SXSW #XRArt #ImmersivePerformance #DigitalDance #UnwiredDance XRCommunity

We are ready for you. Share with us your lost loves at booth 415, The Fairmont Hotel @sxsw We are here until 6pm today and 11-6pm tomorrow. We have loved meeting you, magical strangers. Thank you for your heartaches.

To the lost loves of Austin, come find us at @sxsw XR Experience Spotlight. Fairmont Hotel. Austin, Texas Booth 415 15-17 March Directed by Niki Harman Produced by Lee Nicholls & Emma Graves Sound Designer & Editor Louise O’Connor Design by Waste Studio Production by Natalie George Productions Lost Love Hotline is part of the Future Art and Culture programme at @sxsw produced by British Underground and Arts Council England, with partnership support from the British Council. @britisharts @bfinetwork @acegrams @britishunderground @nearnow @lightafterdarkfilmfestival Special thanks to @jblakeneyk and the XR team for inviting us #SXSW, #SXSWFilmTV #FilmTravelGrants #BritishUndergroundProduces #futureArtAndCulture

I can't help but wonder.

Texas, you called? We are off to @sxsw to find some lonely hearts. 15-17 March Austin, Texas. Photo by @tom_platinum_morley

If a particular ex has noticed my brilliance.

Not creatively interesting.

Experimented Physically Visit our phone booth at @britishfilminstitute Southbank London or call the number in the bio. We won’t answer but we will listen.

Come and visit our LOST LOVE HOTLINE booth @showroom_cinema until Monday. Leave a message for your heartbreak, lost, forgotten or imagined. We look forward to listening 💕 Made possible from funds from @filmhubsw @nearnow Part of Too Much:Melodrama on Film season #toomuch

Annoying little sister. Call 0800 404 56 30 or come to @phoenixleic to our phone booth and leave a message.

Call me (Call me) on the line, Call me, call me, any, anytime 📞 The Lost Love Hotline has officially arrived in our foyer, as part of the @britishfilminstitute ’s UK-wide Too Much: Melodrama on Film season. 🎬 Enter a phone booth where strangers leave messages of heartbreak, lost, forgotten or imagined love. Each message becomes part of a collection of raw confessions, warped truths, spectral yearnings and unresolved monologues. 💖 📅 Thu 27 Nov – Thu 4 Dec Supported by BFI FAN, with support from @tnluk and is presented in partnership with @nearnow , @lightafterdarkfilmfest and @broadwaycinema . 📸 - @_littlefeatures

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