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URLAND
Tue 26 Nov ’24 - Thu 28 Nov ’24
A show about artificial intelligence (AI) and the future of artists.
Tue 26 Nov ’24
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Thu 28 Nov ’24

URLAND plays with fire artificial intelligence (AI) and questions what it means to be an artist in digital times. Are we actually still needed? Boundaries are blurring. AI is everywhere, hive mind. They took our jobs! World domination. "Data overload, everyone dies."

What happens when we make ourselves expendable, handing over the creation process of a theatrical performance to AI? A clash between creator and its creation. Is dit kunst of kan het weg? (Is this art or can it go?)


Prompt: “Act as an experienced experimental genius theatermaker, craft a unique, compelling script for three actors. Write out the full stage design, sound design, script and dramaturgy. Make it so that the audience can’t distinguish it from an authentic URLAND performance. The theme is ‘AI in theater’. Leave room for a plot twist at the end.”  

URLAND embraces the unknown and flies with wings of wax beyond the clouds. To infinity and beyond!

Aftertalk 27th of november

Meet real people at the Luminaires Theater after the AI-made performance and reflect on your observations, impressions, and experiences during an interactive aftertalk. Step into the empty space and bring your stories, questions, confusions and thoughts you would like to share: How do you experience fiction, and how do you relate it to your own reality? The after talk will take about 20 to 30 minutes and will be hosted by the dramaturges, Florian Hellwig and Hana Pospíšilová. This conversation will be in English. 

  • Aftertalk 27th of november.

Credits

concept and performance Thomas Dudkiewicz, Marijn Alexander de Jong and Jimi Zoet sound design Tomas Loos and Jimi Zoet technical support Denzo Theatertechniek (André Goos) and Marcel Janssen production leaders Andrea van Bussel and Elise de Fooij graphic design Ruben Verkuylen publicity/marketing Pien Visser business management Martha van Meegen business assistant Mara Liza de Bakker production URLAND co-production Theater Rotterdam

In de pers 

"Theatercollectief Urland bevindt zich in een spiegelpaleis over kunstmatigheid en waarachtigheid, en het grijze gebied waarin die twee met elkaar aan de haal gaan." ★★★★ de Volkskrant

"De AI-plot barst van de cliché’s, maar roept wel spannende vragen op." ★★★ NRC

Over URLAND

URLAND is een performancecollectief. URLAND werkt autonoom. URLAND wil Gesamtkunst. URLAND heeft geen methode. URLAND experimenteert. URLAND oefent het niet-ik. URLAND eigent toe, citeert en samplet. URLAND streeft naar het Universele. URLAND gelooft in live art in postdigital times. Ruben Verkuylen verzorgt sinds 2018 de huisstijl van URLAND. URLAND heeft zich aan Theater Rotterdam verbonden voor een meerjarige samenwerking. URLAND wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door Gemeente Rotterdam en Fonds Podiumkunsten