In a series of case studies, theater practitioners map the current landscape of AI, sharing how this technology is expanding their creative practices. The program showcases a wide range of approaches from theater and beyond. Robotics researcher Heather Knight explores the human factor in humor by performing stand-up comedy with a robot. Dramaturg Anders Hasmo reimagines performance as a space where technology becomes an artistic co-author. Composer and director Brigitta Muntendorf brings AI voice clones into immersive 3D sound theater, questioning presence. Marcus Lobbes introduces a tool for real-time audience feedback, enabling dynamic, responsive stage scenarios. Stefan Kaegi of Rimini Protokoll shares how automation, robotics and AI in theater can be a critical tool to examine technological power.
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Lecture & Talk
ACT I – EXPLORING EXPANSION
EXPLORING EXPANSION: AI PRACTICES IN THEATER AND BEYOND
Heather Knight (US), Brigitta Muntendorf (DE), Anders Hasmo (NO), Marcus Lobbes (DE), Stefan Kaegi (CH)
POSTCITY, First Floor, Conference Hall
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EN
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Stefan Kaegi
Stefan Kaegi co-produces works with Helgard Haug and Daniel Wetzel, under the label “Rimini Protokoll”. Recent works include Utopolis for public spaces, the Conference of the Absent for stages or their installation win win for museums. Stefan Kaegi also converted a truck into a mobile audience room (Cargo Sofia-X). He adapted the collective audiotour Remote X to dozens of cities. At Ars Electronica 2023 he showed Uncanny Valley, a monologue for a humanoid robot.
Presented in the context of ACuTe. ACuTe is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.
Please note: The program for the Ars Electronica Festival 2025 is still in progress.
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