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(Machine) Learning To Be
Blending theatrical conventions, choreographed movement, poetry, and artistic experiments with machine learning, (Machine) Learning to Be is a participatory, devised, hybrid multimedia performance experience that engages with Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems and their societal impacts.
Photos by David Mesiha
Photos by David Mesiha
(Machine) Learning To Be
The performance features an interactive choreographic interface that aims to engage AI as embodiment technologies and human and AI characters that aim to convey the multifaceted nature of AI, its dangers and possibilities for our communities. Rooted in visions of decolonial AI, (Machine) Learning to Be seeks to challenge established systems of control and envision more equitable futures alongside AI technology.
Co-created by: Ioana B. Jucan, Jae Neal, Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo, Tushar Mathew, David Mesiha, Aidan Nelson & Gavan Cheema
For complete credits visit: https://conspiracy.ca/machine-learning-to-be
Co-created by: Ioana B. Jucan, Jae Neal, Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo, Tushar Mathew, David Mesiha, Aidan Nelson & Gavan Cheema
For complete credits visit: https://conspiracy.ca/machine-learning-to-be
Finale
First devised and performed for Tantrotsav 2020 at Kalarigram, Tamil Nadu in February.
Performed at CRIPA in Auroville, Tamil Nadu later that month.
Photo by Vijayan Gunasekaran.
Performed at CRIPA in Auroville, Tamil Nadu later that month.
Photo by Vijayan Gunasekaran.
Finale
A man and a woman journey along a road to somewhere and nowhere. Once consumed by the sea, they now walk this path carrying only each other, and heavy fragments from their past. The Unknown beckons them, and they love, fight, laugh, and dance towards it's waiting arms.
Devised and performed by Steina Öhman and Tushar Mathew.
Photo by Vijayan Gunasekaran.
Devised and performed by Steina Öhman and Tushar Mathew.
Photo by Vijayan Gunasekaran.
Stories in the Tent
Created, produced and performed in "Stories in the Tent". A first of its kind community event featuring stories written by members of the Humboldt community and performed by the Dell'Arte Company.
Photo by Alexandra Blouin.
Photo by Alexandra Blouin.
Stories in the Tent
Performed as part of the Mad River Festival in 2018 and 2019, "Stories in the Tent" was a free event and hosted hundreds of audience members inside the Big Hammer Tent on a Tuesday night. The audience included the authors of the stories being performed, their familes, co-workers, neighbors, and friends.
Photo by Alexandra Blouin.
Photo by Alexandra Blouin.
The Adventures of Detective Private!
A site-specific clown solo-show, Detective Private solves crimes of gargantuan proportions... that don't really exist. First performed as part of the 2017 Storytelling Project at Dell'Arte, a new hour-long performance was created for the inaugural Placerville Fringe Festival, CA, later that year.
Subsequently, new versions of the show were performed at the Blue Ox Mill in Eureka, CA.
Photo by Becca Finney.
Subsequently, new versions of the show were performed at the Blue Ox Mill in Eureka, CA.
Photo by Becca Finney.
The Adventures of Detective Private!
"The Adventures of Detective Private!" finds our protagonist solving a crime that is entirely specific to the location in which the show is performed. And thus, no two shows, performed at different locations, are ever the same.
Photo by Becca Finney.
Photo by Becca Finney.
My Friend, Hafiz
A circus variety show featuring the music of The Levins inspired by the poetry of Hafiz.
Produced by The Levins and Sweet Can Productions and performed at Mission Dance Theatre in San Francisco, CA in 2018.
Directed by Mindy Cooper.
Photo courtesy Sweet Can Productions.
Produced by The Levins and Sweet Can Productions and performed at Mission Dance Theatre in San Francisco, CA in 2018.
Directed by Mindy Cooper.
Photo courtesy Sweet Can Productions.
Alice in Wonderland
Played the Red King as part of the Dell'Arte Company's 2016 Annual Holiday Tour which played free shows for thousands of people across Northern California and Oregon.
Directed by Michael Fields.
Photo by Anthony Arnista.
Directed by Michael Fields.
Photo by Anthony Arnista.
Dell'Arte's Cabarets
Between 2015-19 performed in, and ocassionally MC'd Dell'Arte's Impromptu, Keep the Fires Burning, Macabre, and Red Light Cabarets.
Photo by Terrence McNally.
Photo by Terrence McNally.
The Curious Climb of Cutter Chee
Played the titular role of Cutter Chee in an Adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui". Devised by the students of Drama School, Mumbai and Directed by Ben Samuels of Limbik Theatre, UK.
Photo courtesy Drama School Mumbai.
Photo courtesy Drama School Mumbai.
The Curious Climb of Cutter Chee
The Curious Climb of Cutter Chee had its opening show at the Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh before touring to Karnataka and performing at Ninasam, and Ranga Shankara in Bengaluru, before returning to Mumbai for its final performances at Prithvi Theatre, and the experimental theatre at the NCPA.
Photo courtesy Drama School Mumbai.
Photo courtesy Drama School Mumbai.
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