allapopp & Janne Kummer aka.alaska

The House of Monstress Intelligenzia – Hyper Velocity

  • Digital Art
  • Performance
  • 2023/2024
  • English
Eight AI-generated portrait photos with partially distorted facial features.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an attempt to equip computers with intelligent behaviour and independent decision-making processes. However, it is evident that computers, like the humans they learn from, tend to exhibit discriminatory behaviour. For instance, in image recognition, where AI is frequently used, systems often adhere to fixed norms and "recognize" only men or women, perpetuating binary notions of gender.

Due to Corona requirements, the premiere of “The House of Monstress Intelligenzia” could not take place at HAU in 2022 as planned, but will now be staged in an updated form. The performance seeks to utilize glitches – perceived errors in the system – as the basis for developing an alternative, queer-feminist AI. Media artists allapopp and Janne Kummer create an AI to dream of bodies that defy societal norms. Their performance combines queer theory, community-based learning approaches, sound, and digital visual art.

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Photography of a stage situation. Allapopp and Janne Kummer are standing at desks with computers on them. In the background there are two screens on which the live mappings are projected.

Cast

Concept, artistic direction, performance: allapopp, Janne Kummer aka.alaska / Composition, sound design: Portrait XO, Janne Kummer, allapopp / Costumes: Jasmin Erb / Audio mixing: Valentin Oellers / Closing track: Soft Eggs in Vending Machines / Grafic design: Teresa Schönherr / Creative technology, visuals: Janne Kummer, allapopp

Credits

Production: allapopp, Janne Kummer aka.alaska. Co-production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer. “The House of Monstress Intelligenzia – Hyper Velocity” is a further development of the production “The House of Monstress Intelligenzia” (2022). Production: allapopp & Janne Kummer aka.alaska. Co-production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer, FFT Düsseldorf. Supported by: Fonds Darstellende Künste.