Generation Generation experiments with giving agency to a computer in a performance scenario to reflect on the politics of technology and the power dynamics of human-computer relations. We developed a choreographic meta system, designing and then delegating a computer program to create 20-minute performances. The resulting event places a computer in the role of director, speaking directions and instructions that guide the dancers through an improvised performance. This social microcosm comments on how technology and ideals of efficiency affect the way we relate to each other, and how information is generated, disseminated, analysed and interpreted.

Victorian College of the Arts 2019
Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
The University of Melbourne

Direction: Alisdair Macindoe

Choreography: Alisdair MacIndoe in collaboration with Cast

Composition: Alisdair Macindoe

Coding: Alisdair Macindoe

Costume & Set Design: Freya Holly Allan

Lighting Design: Lachlan McLean

Documentation & Editing: Ioannis Sidiropoulos

Cast: Alexandra Dobson, Anika de Ruyter, Cobie Kinnish, Gabriel Sinclair, Hayley Does, Hayley Roe, Jazmyn Carter, Kullakarn (Garn) Rodsawad, Kyle Ramboyony, Lauren Sunley, Lija Anderson, Molly Davies, Phaedra Brown, Rachel Mackie, Rebecca Berry, Samuel Hammat, Sophie Gould, Tamara Bouman, Thalia Livingstone, Tim Kirsopp, Yianna Dorward