Opening a full conference day focused on AI and theater, the fireside chat will map the core tensions AI brings to performative art—between human and machine authorship, presence and simulation, control and unpredictability. Curator and moderator AC Coppens is joined by researcher and immersive designer Tawny Schlieski, whose work spans speculative futures, intelligent systems, and embodied storytelling. Through her practice in designing responsive environments and narrative technologies, Tawny brings a lens to how AI can reshape performance and experience. The fireside chat serves as a prologue, opening the conference discussions for the day.
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Lecture & Talk
PROLOGUE
A FIRESIDE CHAT ON AI AND PERFORMATIVE ARTS
Tawny Schlieski (US), AC Coppens (FR)
POSTCITY, First Floor, Conference Hall
Sa. 6. Sep. 2025
11:00
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11:30
Sprache //
EN
Ticket //
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Tawny Schlieski
Tawny Schlieski is a producer and research scientist with more than 15 years of experience creating innovative digital solutions. After 17 years at Intel, she founded Oregon Story Board, a non-profit dedicated to building diversity and inclusion in the digital economy, and Shovels and Whiskey, a digital prototyping studio. Her current work with the University of California leverages interactive digital experiences to empower students with critical thinking and research skills.
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Photo: Till Fiegenbaum
AC Coppens
AC Coppens is a strategist, curator, TED speaker/moderator, and founder of THE CATALYSTS, a boutique agency boosting the development of innovative and creative players in digital technology, media, science, film, music, design, and the arts. Blending critical thinking, creative strategy, and future-oriented research, as well as a solid background in the performing arts, AC is frequently invited to major international events to host, present keynotes, and moderate thought-provoking discussions.
