Built around a succession of recognizable and at times uncomfortably familiar situations, (AN)ORGANIC explores the many forms that encounters between human and artificial intelligence can take. From work, identity, and the pressure to perform to emotions, attention, and dependency, the performance examines how technology is making its way into increasingly personal areas of our lives.
At times a tool, at others a conversational partner, adviser, confidant, or source of validation, artificial intelligence is becoming a constant presence. Meanwhile, attention is put up for auction, turning into the most fiercely contested currency.
On stage, these encounters take on a variety of forms, ranging from dialogue and absurd situations to physical play and performative mechanisms. Through humor, irony, and a touch of the absurd, the boundary between the organic and the inorganic is continuously tested, negotiated, and redrawn. Artificial intelligence emerges as an extension that permeates the ways we think, work, communicate, and relate to one another. And with it, what we continue to call “human” is itself being (re)negotiated.
This October, (AN)ORGANIC can be seen as follows:
- October 3, 4 & 23 – Sala Nouă, Teatrul de Comedie, Bucharest, st. Sfânta Vineri, no. 11, 7:00 PM
- October 8 – FITPTI, Iași, 6:00 PM, UNAGE Faculty of Theatre, Sala Studio
- October 17 – 3G HUB, Târgu Mureș
The team
Director / Video & Lighting Design / Costume Design: Andu Dumitrescu
Text by: Vero Nica & Stanca Jabenițan
Choreography: Florin Fieroiu
Performers: Laura Creț/ Răzvan Omotă/ Patricia Flack/ Leo Chionac
Production: Vero Nica
Production Assistant: Alexandru Botea
About the project
The project is co-financed by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund (AFCN) and supported by AMIQ.
Partners: Teatrul de Comedie, Iași International Theatre Festival for Young Audiences, Wantsome – The Friendly IT Academy, University of Arts Târgu Mureș, B-Critic, Cultura Magazine, Radio România Cultural, București FM, Zile și Nopți, Subversiv, Feeder, LiterNet, Viva FM, 3GHUB, IQads
The project does not necessarily represent the position of The Administration of the National Cultural Fund. AFCN is not responsible for the content of the application or the way the program results can be used. These are entirely the responsibility of the beneficiary of the funding.
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