Ritual is

for movement artist, viola, and live audio-visual electronics

Ritual is, performed by Scott Rubin and Tuli Bera

Scott Rubin - viola, movement, live digital sound and visuals

Tuli Bera - movement, choreography

September 12, 2025

Chicago Laboratory for Electro-Acoustic Theatre (CLEAT) Elastic Arts, Chicago

Tuli Bera and Scott Rubin invite the audience to reflect on rituals in their lives. Their morning routines, their favorite recipes, their commutes, their creative practices, their anxieties, the cycles of thoughts running through their minds, their healing practices… What is sacred, what feels meaningless, what is left in the past, and what needs to change?

This performance is a chronicle of the friendship and interdisciplinary collaboration between Bera and Rubin. Drawing from their practices in movement, viola, choreography, composition, improvisation, electronic music, and live projections, the performers present a weave of vignettes, each offering a new angle of reflection.