ALTER EGO Bootleg
(c) SKD (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden)
The use of the photo is only free of charge in the context of the announcement of performances and with denomination of the author. Any further use of the photos, for example for illustration of reviews, shall be subject to payment of a fee. Please contact the photographer.
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ALTER EGO Bootleg
(c) Imanuel Schipper
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ALTER EGO Bootleg
(c) Imanuel Schipper
The use of the photo is only free of charge in the context of the announcement of performances and with denomination of the author. Any further use of the photos, for example for illustration of reviews, shall be subject to payment of a fee. Please contact the photographer.
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ALTER EGO Bootleg
(c) Imanuel Schipper
The use of the photo is only free of charge in the context of the announcement of performances and with denomination of the author. Any further use of the photos, for example for illustration of reviews, shall be subject to payment of a fee. Please contact the photographer.
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ALTER EGO Bootleg
(c) Rimini Protokoll
The use of the photo is only free of charge in the context of the announcement of performances and with denomination of the author. Any further use of the photos, for example for illustration of reviews, shall be subject to payment of a fee. Please contact the photographer.
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ALTER EGO Bootleg
(c) Imanuel Schipper
The use of the photo is only free of charge in the context of the announcement of performances and with denomination of the author. Any further use of the photos, for example for illustration of reviews, shall be subject to payment of a fee. Please contact the photographer.
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ALTER EGO Bootleg
(c) Imanuel Schipper
The use of the photo is only free of charge in the context of the announcement of performances and with denomination of the author. Any further use of the photos, for example for illustration of reviews, shall be subject to payment of a fee. Please contact the photographer.
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ALTER EGO Bootleg
(c) Rimini Protokoll
The use of the photo is only free of charge in the context of the announcement of performances and with denomination of the author. Any further use of the photos, for example for illustration of reviews, shall be subject to payment of a fee. Please contact the photographer.
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ALTER EGO Bootleg
(c) Rimini Protokoll
The use of the photo is only free of charge in the context of the announcement of performances and with denomination of the author. Any further use of the photos, for example for illustration of reviews, shall be subject to payment of a fee. Please contact the photographer.
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Can puppets be seen as the predecessors of artificial intelligence? Where is the boundary between the visible threads of that original avatar, the puppet, and the algorithms of an automated, or even self-learning system?
The first year-long exhibition in the Puppentheatersammlung’s new home in Kraftwerk Mitte is an immersive multimedia installation. The multi-room experience was conceived, designed and realised by the internationally renowned label Rimini Protokoll. Travelling through the spaces of the exhibition, the audience falls under the spell of an automated presentation in which puppet theatre becomes a metaphor for a digital world full of invisible threads.
The legend of the autonomous puppet, a puppet that rebels against its creator and player can be found throughout the history of puppet theatre. Time and again, our perception, fired on by our empathy and our mirror neurones, has emancipated the puppets and made them independent. That legend is seamlessly adaptable to the virtual stage of digital image production, where it has taken on a new political explosiveness.
In co-operation with the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch (Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts), Abteilung Zeitgenössische Puppenspielkunst (Department of Contemporary Puppetry).
Supported by: Friends of the Dresden State Art Collection e.V.
With many thanks to: Dr Matthew McGinity, Immersive Experience Lab, Technische Universität Dresden, Bernd Lintermann, ZKM Karlsruhe, Lisa Homburger, Johannes Benecke, HELLERAU - Europäisches Zentrum der Künste, tjg. theater junge generation Dresden, Staatsoperette Dresden, Prof. Markus Joss, Raskolnikoff Pension (Petra Burckhardt), Skulpturensammlung bis 1800 und Museum für Sächsische Volkskunst der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden