Lucid Possession is a schizoid duet between a woman with a head like a radio receiver and her own avatar. The uncanny manifestation of a virtual multiple personality plagued by ghosts from the past, this automated video pop-up book forges an entirely new form: let's call it cinematic bunraku. Live performers animate video bringing characters to life through motion, voice, and robotics. Onstage, Toni Dove and composer and violinist Mari Kimura control the physical and virtual movements of video and robotic entities. Performer Hai-Ting Chinn sings and speaks through the Avatar, alongside songs and musical interludes by Elliott Sharp and Mari Kimura. Software designer R. Luke DuBois and roboticist Leif Krinkle control additional layers of light, sound, and movement.

Additional residency support from EMPAC; co-commissioned by "Connections", a group of European co-producers and presenters, Shown as work-in progress at Republique, Copenhagen, and Spielart Festival, Munich, Nov 2009.