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Stones, Axioms, and Poems

A live human-machine performance

Stones, Axioms, and Poems

Stones, Axioms, and Poems, a live human-machine performance developed through the Human-Machine Improvisation Lab at the University of Washington's Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) program.


Part of an ongoing exploration of making kin with other forms of existence across the margins of language and meaning, the performance transforms the stage into a laboratory where human and non-human performers construct a unique language through translation, mis-translation, imagination, ritual, and symbiotic experimentation. Together, they search for ways to narrate the world, forging a shared experience that unfolds as an endless process of becoming—a question inhabited and unraveled live on stage.

A live human-machine performance

Credit

Written and Directed by Laura Luna Castillo and Cristina Brambila

Dramaturgy by Ify Onyekonwu

Performed by Ify Onyekonwu and Agatha Rodriguez

Sound Design by Natalia Quintanilla Cabrera

Machine Learning System by Rose Ziyu Xu and Zhuodi Cai, with live activation by Rose Ziyu Xu

Visuals and Live Textual Processing by Laura Luna Castillo

Associate Producer Yuhanxiao Maggie Ma


Developed with support from DXARTS, the Imaginative Project Award, and THE BLANC.

Stones, Axioms, and Poems

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