Robots making theatre from A to Z: writing a play, staging and designing it, and - last but not least - playing it themselves. After almost a year of feeding AI John with Chekhov's texts and tips for life, the moment has come to let the robots step on the stage. There are two points why it should be done and why it should be done NOW (considering the fact that Czech writer Karel Capek coined the w
ord “robot” in a play that premiered in 1921):
1. “Robots” are born to make theatre not to clean our floors!
2. “Robot” will be a 100 years old next January and this has to be properly celebrated! The entire performance is coming up in spring 2021, but something has already been happening in the Black Box of Tallinn University...
Creative team: AI John, Anton Chekhov, Liina Keevallik, Mart Kampus, Kalle Tikas, Ermo Säks, Andrus Laansalu, Margus Terasmees, Ats Kurvet, Sander Tuvikene, Karl-Oskar Masing, Dage Särg, Valentin Siltshenko, Tristan Rebane, David Truusa
Contributors: Tallinn University, Baltic Film, Media and Arts School (BFM), Centre of Excellence in Media Innovation and Digital Culture (MEDIT), Enactive Virtuality Lab (MOBTT90), TLU HARI, TLU EDUSPACE lab, TLU DTI, IT company STACC, e⁻lektron
Supported by: Eesti Kultuurkapital, Heldur Meerits
Academic support: Indrek Ibrus, Jaagup Kippar, Pia Tikka
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