App Human
Video Design – TheatreTeaser
In
AppHuman, a panel of four scientific experts discuss the consequences
of the advancement of new technologies and artificial intelligence in
their daily lives. To illustrate their points, they decide to use a
case study: they invent a fictional, allegorical story about a group
of friends who find themselves one night in an accident involving a
new model of autonomous car, developed by the technology company they
work for. In a mix of theater and science, AppHuman asks the question
of the human in the face of the massive technologization of the
world, with all that this implies: the fusion of man and machine
through the algorithms that run social networks and smartphones, mass
surveillance, the use that technology companies make of personal data
and, above all, the question of bias and ethics in a world governed
by automated systems.
The
complex issues of the play are reflected in its video design in
various ways: A 360°-monitored everyday world is mirrored in the
theatre space, while avatars act on digital surfaces in the stage
space and the story is driven by an on-screen A.I. character.
With: Garance Clavel, Denis Jousselin, Renelde Pierlot,
Luc Schiltz, Pitt Simon
With: Garance Clavel, Denis Jousselin, Renelde Pierlot,
Luc Schiltz, Pitt Simon
Concept: Sophie Langevin
& Ian De Toffoli | Director: Sophie Langevin | Text: Ian De Toffoli | Scenography & Costumes:
Marie-Luce Theis | Dramaturgy: Mikaël Serre | Lighting: Mathias Roche | Video Creation: Anne Braun | Sound Design: Rajivan
Ayyappan | Assistant Director: Jonathan
Christoph | Production: Les Théâtres de
la Ville de Luxembourg | Co-production: Théâtre de Liège
Teaser (c) 2020 Bohumil Kostohryz / boshua
Photos (c) 2020 Bohumil Kostohryz, Marie-Luce Theis