three5eric.com — selected works of Eric Dunlap
three5eric.com — selected works of Eric Dunlap
DIE MACHINE STEHT NICHT STILL
Video Design with hologauze foreground, panoramic background, live camera and effects
Created by Caroline Peters & Ledwald
Wiener Festwochen 2022
Weltpremiere
Based on the science fiction short story The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster, published in 1909, Burgtheater actress Caroline Peters gathers a group of media artists around her with Ledwald and works with them to create a dystopian non-solo for an actress & the machine. Peters, a presence par excellence on stage and screen, is thus venturing into new territory. Exaggerating the lockdown situation, a deeply emotional dialog with the video image is created on stage. But living together with artificial intelligence, with a need-satisfying machine, is no longer satisfying. The many possibilities of virtual space clearly mark the real isolation and physical distance. A longing for closeness and touch, for communication without intervening projection, is gaining the upper hand.
