Sentimental bits - this magic is in spite of me
performance by lo höckner
April 2022 / Kampnagel Hamburg, Ballhaus Ost berlin
Four performers and a humanoid sex robot engage in a game with surveillance technologies that analyse their emotions and classify them. They explore what it means to be »recognised« in the eyes of artificial intelligence. They hack their digital twins, transform and duplicate their physical bodies. Their gazes cross those of the camera, faces become instruments. In immersive soundscapes, the performers momentarily shake socially constructed categories perpetuated in technology. They make the area in between their world and discover the poetics of glitches - disturbances in the system.
Artistic direction, co-choreography, concept and performance: Lo Höckner / Performance, Co-Choreography, Text: Katja-Maria/Kay Taavitsainen, Lois Bartel, Rebecca Pokua Korang, Tanja Erhart, Gloria Höckner / Dramaturgie: Isabel Gatzke / musik: Victoria Keddie / Costume, make up :Ilona Klein / Bühnenbildner/ -in: Einsiedel & Jung / Programming: Paul Geisler, Fabian Nitschkowski / 3D models: Vanessa A. Opoku / Production & communication: Stückliesel / Assistenz: Ruxin Liu / Video operator: Mathias Hollaender & Alexander Nham / Audio description: Xenia Taniko, Nic Meyer & Gerald Pirner / Video documentation: Martin Prinoth / video teaser: Friederike Höppner / Scene Fotos: Jonas Fischer / Graphic: Lisa-Marie Fechteler / Editing audio description: Frank Amann
A production by Gloria Höckner in co-production with K3 and in cooperation with Ballhaus Ost Berlin.Supported by: Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Elbkulturfonds, Kofinanzierungsfonds Berlin, Hamburgische Kulturstiftung.With the kind support of Hood House.Audio description supported by: Behörde für Kultur und Medien Hamburg.
