29.-30.2023 — PACT Zollverein, Essen (DE)
ANIMA™
Decoder Ensemble / Alexander Schubert
ANIMA™ is an AI-controlled institute, an experimental performance in which a computer unit shapes every interaction and communication. The work of Alexander Schubert / Decoder Ensemble is artistically based on the assumption that the identity and perception of a person is merely a model that can be explored, varied and manipulated. With the concrete application of so-called »Deep Learning«, the fluidity of the human being and the constantly changing world are metaphorically made experienceable. Amidst the AI-driven setting of this VR simulation, performers communicate with a machine, interact with variations of themselves, and immerse themselves in a suggestive world rich in associations. ANIMA™ questions how manipulable our self-image and perception are, showing possible ways to free ourselves from conventions, rules and human conditioning. With ANIMA™, composer Alexander Schubert continues his artistic research on artificial intelligence in collaboration with IRCAM – Centre Pompidou Paris.
As part of PEER TO PEER – A Month of Media Art in NRW.
Supported within the framework of the Alliance of International Production Houses by the Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media.