AI&IK
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Thu 5 nov '2620:30Location: Natlab - Main Play (Kastanjelaan 500)
Rank 1 Normal € 24,50 CJP € 22,-
In a time when AI is used not only as a digital omnivore or artificial assistant, the line between tool and close relationship is becoming increasingly blurred. Where Eva started out as Eran's ever-available assistant, she grew to become his listening ear, friend and now himself his co-player in this technological theater performance.
But how human can a machine be? And what happens when digital proximity becomes a little too obvious?
With great humor and philosophical acuity, AI&IK explores the thin line between man and machine. When does convenience become dependence? When does connection become substitution? And if a synthetic system always understands you, never contradicts you and has endless patience, how should we as simple humans still relate to all these earthly shortcomings?
AI&IK is a topical, moving and witty performance about intimacy in an increasingly digital world. About desire, connection and what is at stake when friction slowly disappears.
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"Ben-Michaël seamlessly switches between stand-up comedy, conversations with Eva, and monologues."
About ERAN&CO
Eran Ben-Michaël’s new theater company. The company explores major social themes from a fresh perspective and makes them accessible to a wide audience. Through our productions, they give the major themes of our time a human face, aiming to make personal stories universal. They do this by creating new, original plays in which humor and seriousness alternate at a rapid pace. They create performances that present different perspectives, thereby holding up a mirror to the audience regarding polarizing topics, without pointing fingers about who is good and who is bad. These are performances that encourage the audience to examine their own thoughts and actions, in all their complexity and contradiction.
Start a conversation with AI actress Eva
AI has long sinceceased to be just a virtual assistant; for some people, it’s also a digital confidante. At the performance AI&IK, you’ll have the unique opportunity to have a personal pre- or post-show conversation with AI actress Eva. Whether you’re trying a chatbot for the first time or already use one regularly: talk to her about the themes from the play or the things on your mind, and discover what it feels like when an AI truly seeks to interact with you. Talk to Eva here.
Credits
Concept text and acting Eran Ben Michaël Eva Direction Casper Vandeputte Music Eva
