Direction: Thomas Ryckewaert / Text, Performance: Thomas Hertog, Thomas Ryckewaert / Dramaturgy: Kristof Van Baarle / Scenography: Erki De Vries / Light: Luc Schaltin / Sound: Jürgen Deblonde / Video: Paul Van Caudenberg / Costumes: Andrea Kränzlin / Director’s assistance: Sibran Sampers / Internship: Margarida Ramalhete / Production management: Platform 0090 / Valerie De Visscher, Robin Appels
AlphaGo is a machine learning system developed by Google's DeepMind, which defeated the Go world champion Lee Sedol in 2016. Pure computing power is not enough to win the world's oldest board game, so nobody expected a machine to beat a human. Belgian director, actor, and biologist Thomas Ryckewaert, in collaboration with cosmologist Thomas Hertog, uses this surprising moment as the starting point for a lecture performance on phenomena that defy human imagination. Tonight, nothing is as it seems – the human becomes alien, the computer is intuitive, and the robot can dream.
Team
Dates
Past
At 18:00 at WAU (Hallesches Ufer 32), there will be an opportunity to exchange ideas with other GO players in the city before the performance and then go to HAU1 together afterwards. Team members from Thomas Ryckewaert & Thomas Hertog will also be present at the meeting.
Credits
Co-production: Platform 0090, Institute for Theoretical Physics (KULeuven), deSingel International Arts Centre, Het Laatste Bedrijf. Thanks to: wpZimmer, BUDA. Supported by: Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government, Gallop Tax Shelter, Flemish Government. Thanks to: Delegation of Flanders in Germany.
Location
HAU1
Stresemannstr. 29, 10963 BerlinThere are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Access to the Parkett by means of a separate entrance with lift when necessary. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available.
