“Quantum Theater: Extending Reality for Post-AI Liveness” by Twomey, Smith, Brockmeier and Bendix
Conference:
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Title:
- Quantum Theater: Extending Reality for Post-AI Liveness
Session/Category Title:
- Spatial Storytelling
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Abstract:
Quantum Theater takes quantum science as subject and method for playable theater. Phenomena like entanglement, superposition, coherence, and collapse shape the performance in a post-AI exploration of liveness, variability, and improvisation. Multiple realities are layered on stage, where the audience as observer-participant plays an active role in cohering singular narratives.
References:
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[8] Robert Twomey, Ash Eliza Smith, and Stephanie Sherman. 2021. Artificial Rural Imagination. https://roberttwomey.com/artificial-rural-imagination/
