Humane Methods [ΣXHALE] – Episode 2

05th Feb 2022 05th Feb 2022 21:00 22:30

Fronte Vacuo

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  • Fronte Vacuo

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    The bastard performing arts triumvirate formed as a response to ecological disruption, socio-political polarisation, and technological advances, making live art for a world at the edge of collapse.

    • »[ΣXHALE]« is an offshoot of the performance series Humane Methods, an ever-multiplying chain of stage productions by the Berlin-based performing arts group Fronte Vacuo (Marco Donnarumma, Margherita Pevere, Andrea Familari) that reflect on the forms of human violence that have risen from the coalescence of polarised societies, algorithmic megastructures, and natural ecosystems.

    Photo: Nikolaus Ostermann

    Combining dance, theatre, interactive music, body art, and biotechnological installation, »[ΣXHALE]« is a living biome that takes shape as a collective, durational experiment in four episodes. The audience is immersed into a garden-like habitat of human performers, plant and fungal life, and AI algorithms generated by an omnipresent AI named <dmb>. As human, more-than-human, and AI lifeforms influence one another in this ritualistic choreography, a gradual shared intimacy emerges, bringing attention to the need for respectful coexistence and interdependence.

    Event Access and Hygiene Rules

    Admission begins 60 minutes before start time. We recommend arriving early to ensure enough time. There is strictly no late admission. Ticket category B denotes seats with slightly limited visibility.

    Please check the Festival Access & Hygiene rules for detailed and current information on Covid-19 regulations. This page is updated regularly.

    Event tickets are not refundable, however they are transferable: in the event that you test positive on the day of your planned visit, or you are unable to attend for another reason, you may give your ticket to another person who can fulfill the above vaccination/test requirements.

    Details on venue accessibility can be found here. The piece may, at times, include symbolic violence and nudity. There is no stroboscopic light, but pulsating lights are used throughout the piece.

    Photography and Mobile Phones

    Please note that access with professional recording/camera equipment is not allowed. We ask that you turn off your mobile phones during the performance.

    Concept: Fronte Vacuo (Donnarumma, Pevere, Familari)
    Direction, Choreography, AI Music system: Marco Donnarumma
    Choreography, Symbionts: Margherita Pevere
    Interactive Light and Video Design, Technical Direction: Andrea Familari
    Set Design, Costumes: Anna Cingi
    AI and Machine Learning Research: Baptiste Caramiaux
    AI Engineering: Meredith Thomas
    Sculpture: Ana Rajcevic
    Performance, Choreographic Thinking: Hikaru Inagawa and Maco (4RUDE), Steffi Wieser, Will Lopes, Margherita Pevere, Marco Donnarumma
    Audiovisual Dramaturgy: AI performer <dmb>
    Spores: Pleurotus salmoneostramineus, Hericium erinaceus
    Production: Daniela Silvestrin, René Dombrowski, Olga Wiedemann
    Dramaturgy Advice: Anne-Kathrin Schulz

    A production by Fronte Vacuo, co-produced by the Volkstheater Wien, CTM Festival, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), associated with the Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique (LRI) at the Université Paris-Saclay and by the tanzhaus nrw as part of the Alliance of International Production Houses. Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Supported by the Performing Arts Fund from funds of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media of the Federal Republic of Germany and by the co-financing fund of the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe. Partially developed at Akademie für Theater und Digitalität.