Productions

Authors and creators Pierre Godard and Liz Santoro

Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava (STL) present the projects of the dance and technology residency MODINA.

"This Is Unreal" explores the intersection of dance, theater, and contemporary technologies like artificial intelligence, clones, and deepfakes. Through text and movement, Liz Santoro inhabits a world where the lines between human and machine, real and virtual, blur.

The performance delves into the unsettling implications of AI on truth, creativity, and freedom, using both human-generated and AI-generated materials to create an emotional experience that questions our current relationship with reality. The project also introduces a novel "fourth wall" (the imaginary barrier theatrically imposed between performers and the audience) creating a hybrid space that integrates audience interaction through real-time feedback and digital extensions, offering a glimpse into the evolving future of human and machine collaboration in artistic creation.