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allapopp & Janne Kummer aka.alaska "The House of Monstress Intelligenzia – Hyper Velocity"

allapopp & Janne Kummer aka.alaska "The House of Monstress Intelligenzia – Hyper Velocity" / HAU3 / 6. + 7.10. / Premiere

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the attempt to equip computers with intelligent behavior and independent decision-making processes. It turns out that computers are prone to discriminatory behavior, just like the people they learn from. For example, in the field of image recognition, where AI is already frequently used. Here, the systems follow a set standard when scanning bodies and only "recognize" men or women. Binary notions of gender are applied, repeated and perpetuated.

Due to the coronavirus restrictions, the premiere of "The House of Monstress Intelligenzia" could not take place at HAU as planned in 2022, but will now be staged in an updated form. In the performance, "glitches" - supposed mistakes - serve as the basis for the development of an alternative, queer-feminist AI. The Berlin artists invent an AI to dream up bodies that do not conform to the social norm. Their performance is a combination of queer theory, community-based learning approaches, sound, digital and visual art.

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