Location: silent green, HAU2 & Panke.
Wednesday May 8, 8:45pm at silent green, Betonhalle
Future Dance of Nostalgia is a dancing game which invites the audience to perform the choreography that extracts and abstracts the movements found in the pre-industrial, heavy physical labour, and work songs. Motion tracking technology allows the body movements to be quantified, measured, and evaluated. Historical archives of work songs provide the inspiration for the music that renders the old tales and melodies into clubbing beats that lead the dance.
Thursday May 9, 9pm at silent green, Kuppelhalle
Can machines learn on their own? Is an algorithm able to hallucinate? What if our lives were just a computer’s dream? The hybrid dance performance AUTONOMOUS AVATAR deals with these questions. Two performers discover their human bodies until they transcend into superhuman forms. The encounter with these new digital deities takes place on the threshold between analog and virtual realities. Berlin-based artist Tobias Staab has developed the choreography together with the dancers Dasniya Sommer and Corey Scott-Gilbert. Using live motion capture technology, their organic physiognomies are combined with the immaterial bodies of the avatars. The texts were created on the basis of a story by Jorge Luis Borges and in close collaboration with various artificial intelligences. The spoken and sung sounds derive from a number of voice recordings made with the award winning actress Sandra Hüller. The score was conceived and arranged by composer Beni Brachtel. → More info
Saturday May 11, 8pm at HAU2
The Life of Saint Fiona Bianco Xena” tells the controversial life story of the fictional Saint Fiona. Three experts on their sacred history fight over the right to determine their heritage. Who was Fiona? DIY hormone hacker and trans revolutionary? World-famous orchid collector or mythical figure? The three members of Fantasia Malware are at the mercy of the video game systems they have built to control their performance. They debate, dance and rumble, answer quiz questions and summon dead spirits in a wild battle royale*. Saint Fiona Bianco Xena’s story is presented in an unholy panorama that is at once holy and absurd. → More info
Only with extra performance Ticket.
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May 8, 9pm at silent green, Betonhalle → More info
May 8, 10pm at Panke
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May 8, 1am at Panke
May 9, 10pm-2am at Panke Wanna DJ? - just submit → More info
May 10, 10pm at Panke → More info
May 10, 11pm at Panke Go Mecha Ball Set
May 10, 12am at Panke → More info
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May 11, 7pm at Silent Green* → More info
May 11, 10pm at Panke → More info
May 11, 11pm at Panke* → More info
May 11, 12am at Panke → More info
*Only with Extra performance Ticket, or full festival ticket, or the public play day ticket.