Thursday, September 21, 2023
A.I.-Scripted Stories, and a Counterpoint, Take the Stage Off Broadway
The New York Times: Seated behind a plain wooden table, the theater maker Annie Dorsen is not costumed to catch our gaze, or lit dramatically. In the performance-lecture that is her A.I.-focused show “Prometheus Firebringer,” at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Brooklyn, you might assume she’d be the boring part.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
I thought that it was very cool to read about “Prometheus Firebringer”, however, the author, Laura Collins-Hughes, had a less than positive review of the show. A theatre artist named Annie Dorsen performed a performance-lecture at the Shakespeare Center in Brooklyn, New York. The show was titled “Prometheus Friebringer'', and it took inspiration from the Greek tragedy. According to the article, Annie Dorsen was giving a lecture about how humans are headed on a path to becoming subservient to technology. The other aspect of this performance was a large mask with video screens in the eye cutouts. This is where artificial intelligence was used. There were smaller masks being projected and each of them was telling AI-generated stories of Prometheus and Zeus, acting as a Greek Chorus. Normally I would be against using AI in art. It takes away from the brilliant work done by human artists, as well as takes away jobs from very talented creatives. In this context though, I think it is a cool idea that reinforces the message of the lecture that Dorsen is giving.
Post a Comment