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SH4D0W:
SH4D0W - An AI performance in 3D.
SH4D0W is the first performing arts production starring an artificial intelligence as the protagonist. The play is performed in the 4D Box, a theatre stage capable of creating mixed-reality illusions of virtual 3D objects interacting with live performers. The AI character is represented as a shape-shifting neural network, that gradually takes control of the universe.
In the play Shadow, director Mikael Fock associates the relationship between man and machine with the clever scholar and his shadow in the H.C. Anderson fairytale by the same title, and focuses on the human encounter with its virtual shadow, which is represented by the data-driven artificial intelligences surrounding us.
The play is a journey into the heart of an artificial intelligence, where emotions and data is the unacknowledged trade between us and the machines.
The performance is an immersive 3D experience, driven by a live AI, creating a 3D universe of sound, lighting and a visual representation of an artificial intelligence that interacts with the surroundings and the live actor.
Pretext:
"This performance is an anthropological experiment. As a part of the performance you will witness a performer improvise live on stage with an Artificial Intelligence. The machine learning algorithm is trained on a dataset of billions of texts from which it has learned to generate conversation in real time. Each performance is a distinct, unpredictable event.We are exploring if we can create the perfect Machine: the Artificial Intelligent Machine, the artistic Machine, the Machine with human emotions - yes, maybe even more than that. The Machine that dares to take the steps that the humans themselves don’t dare to take - SH4D0W."
The performance SH4D0W is inspired by HC Andersen’s fairytale, The Shadow, and is the first performing arts production starring an artificial intelligence (AI) as the protagonist - the main character. An actress improvises live on stage with the Ai, resulting in all performances being different unpredictable events.
The performance is produced and directed by Mikael Fock in the unique format, the “4D box”, where digital 3D graphic particle universes are mixed with physical objects and live actors. The performance draws its inspiration from Hans Christian Andersen's narrative The Shadow and focuses on the human encounter with its virtual shadow, which is represented by the data-driven artificial intelligence.
The production is conceived and developed as a technological experiment and spearhead that uses the latest technologies to set the stage for a story about man's increasing use of and occupation by information, social media, data and machine learning technologies.
Who is master and who is shadow?
When a play is performed, we are moved by the performance or impressed by the actor's convincing ability to produce a character and remember the many words. With this performance, we challenge this agreement, since the actor has to improvise live on stage with the unpredictable AI technology. We witness a drama between the actress who wants to know herself better, maybe even find a soulmate, and the AI who longs to flee from its predestinated algorithm and get emotions and become more human.
