Concept: Interrobang / Play development: Christiane Kühl, Till Müller-Klug, Nina Tecklenburg and Team / Performance: Christiane Kühl, Nina Tecklenburg, Lara Domke, Artificial Intelligence / Dramaturgy: Lea Goebel, Anna Krauß / Dramaturgy collaboration: Lara Domke / Creative coding: Manus Nijhoff, Florian Fischer / Set design, video: Theresa Reiwer / Video: Alexandre Silveira / Costume: Birke van Maartens / Music: Friedrich Greiling / Graphics: Jürgen Fehrmann, Julia Elger / Technical direction and lighting design: Dirk Lutz / Production management: ehrliche arbeit, Sandra Klöss / Company management & communication: Jack Willenbacher / Social media: Jack Willenbacher and Selma Böhmelmann / Public relations: Tina Ebert
Chatbots are theatrical machines: they engage in lively dialogues, take on roles, and display and evoke emotions. In “Chatbot Challenge”, two performers and a creative coder share the stage with chatbots and other AI systems. They explore the question: How much theater is in AI, and how much AI-theater have we already internalized? Starting from the core situation of theater – a live performance in front of an audience – the piece becomes an intimate encounter with global AI systems, their potential, and their strategies of deception. What happens when AI systems gain access to video, sound, stage, lighting, the bodies of the performers, and the reactions of the audience? Are chatbots the better performers? And how much work goes into their roles?
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Dates
Past
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Visitor note
10., 11., 13.10.: Performance in German language
12.10.: Performance in English language
Credits
Production: Interrobang. Co-production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Schlachthaus Theatre Bern. Funded by: Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, Capital Cultural Fund.
Location
HAU2
Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 BerlinThere are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available. Four relaxed seats are available in the first row of HAU2.
