{"id":2318,"date":"2025-04-07T11:13:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T09:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/machinaex.de\/you-and-a-i-2025\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T12:58:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T11:58:03","slug":"you-and-a-i-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machinaex.de\/en\/you-and-a-i-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"You and A.I. (2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A theater-game of the group Binge Culture, imported and restaged by machina eX<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The theater game You and A.I. <\/em>explores the possibilities of co-determination in digital systems. Guided by their smartphones, players embark on a journey through the city. The goal is to train artificial intelligence to become more human. Along the way, they solve puzzles, collect data, and get closer and closer to the control center of a voracious learning machine. Ultimately, they must decide whether they want to become part of the machine or fight against it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You and A.I.<\/em> was developed by the New Zealand group Binge Culture and premiered in Wellington in 2021. Now, the FFT is presenting the German premiere in a new production by machina eX. With their collaboration, the two groups aim to present their games to audiences on the other side of the planet\u2014without traveling a single mile. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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German premiere in March 2025 at FFT D\u00fcsseldorf<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Credit: Christian Knieps<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Performance:<\/strong> Nurettin Akar, Ivo Schneider, Elisabeth Sterzer \/\/\/ Performance (Video): <\/strong>Hannah Kelly, Ralph Upton \/\/\/ Voiceover: <\/strong>Nora Decker, Jan Jaroszek \/\/\/ Artistic Direction:<\/strong> Clara Ehrenwerth \/\/\/ Technical Direction:<\/strong> Lasse Marburg \/\/\/ Scenography and Costumes:<\/strong> Dilara G\u00f6ks\u00fcg\u00fcr \/\/\/ Sound Design:<\/strong> Matthias Millhoff \/\/\/ Assistance of Production:<\/strong> Feyza Oktay \/\/\/ Production Management:<\/strong> Sina Kie\u00dfling \/\/\/ Translation:<\/strong> Jana Grohnert<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n

Original Concept by Joel Baxendale (Direction), Ralph Upton (Dramaturgy), Oliver Devlin (Sound Design), Ian Shepherd (App-Development), Lucas Neal (Performance Design), Liam Dakin (Graphic Design), Joe ‘Digl’ Dixon (Videography), Pauline Ward (Production Management) and Eleanor Strathern (Production)<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Production:<\/strong> machina eX, FFT D\u00fcsseldorf. Funded By<\/strong> the Internationalen Koproduktionsfonds of the Goethe-Institut, the NRW KULTURsekretariat, the Ministry of Culture and Science NRW and the Goethe-Institut New Zealand. Die original production was funded by Creative New Zealand, the Wellington City Council, and CubaDupa. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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