Englisch / German Translation
Simple Machines
by Ugo Dehaes – kvaad bloed [Brüssel]
Robot performance in English with German dubbing
45 minutes
In Simple Machines, Ugo Dehaes shows how he grows organic-looking robots in his basement, raises them and trains them to be dancers.
We live in a world dominated by economic principles that push us to make everything as efficiently and cheaply as possible. In response to this, Ugo fired all his dancers and researched how to breed and train his own robots. They are born from crazy cocoons and then crawl across the table like strange caterpillars. Some grow hair, others stumble around like little dogs. With the help of artificial intelligence he lets them come up with their own dance performance.
Simple Machines is an attempt to make humans completely superfluous in the creation process. Welcome to the future.
After the performance the audience is invited to teach the robots new movements themselves in the installation Arena.
A performance by Ugo Dehaes
scenography & composition Wannes Deneer
Dramaturgy Marie Peeters Silicone in Kollaboration mit Rebecca Flores Construction table Kristof Morel
Production kwaad bloed & Tuning People
Co-production C-TAKT In collaboration with STORMOPKOMST Distribution Vincent Company
With the support of de Vlaamse overheid & VGC
Thanks to AI Experience Center VUB, Caroline Pauwels, De Factorij, Gertjan Biasino, Hans De Cank, Pol Eggermont & Roeland Luyten
Kwaad bloed is structurally supported by VGC
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