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chasing waterfalls

Premiere. An artificial intelligence opera by phase7 performing.arts Berlin Libretto by Christiane Neudecker

Premiering September 3, 2022

In German and English with German and English surtitles


morning routine. The ego tries to log into its computer. And is laconically confronted by the machine with the question of his being: »Not convinced you are not a robot. Please try again.« … »Chasing Waterfalls«, the title means something like »wanting to grasp the incomprehensible«, is a world premiere project by the artist collective phase7 performing.arts Berlin and the Semperoper Dresden. Together with the composer Angus Lee (*1992) from Hong Kong and the Studio for Sonic Experiences kling klang klong, the collective embarks on music-theatrical research into the effects that artificial intelligence has on our human, social and creative being. Incidentally, the ego succeeds in logging into its computer. And in the confrontation with its digital spin-offs in the depths of the virtual, it experiences surprises between Lewis Carroll's »Alice in Wonderland« and Stanley Kubrick's »2001: A Space Odyssey«. And at the end, like every good story, there is a black.


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