Lecture-Performance “Dingwesen” at Berlin Festival “Artificial Bodies” Video-Stream

Dingwesen /ˈdɪŋˈveːzn̩/
is a Lecture/Dance-Performance staged at the “International Festival Theater of Things” Berlin 2020, “Artificial Bodies”.
The performance discusses the intimate vis-a-vis of very different bodies by means of improvisation and articulates the (im)possibilities of a biopolitics between thing and being.

Dingwesen /ˈdɪŋˈveːzn̩/
ist eine Vortrags/Tanz-Performance am “Internationalen Festivals Theater der Dinge” Berlin 2020, “Künstliche Körper”.
Die Performance diskutiert das intime Vis-a-vis von sehr unterschiedlichen Körper mittels Improvisation und artikuliert die (Un)Möglichkeiten einer Biopolitik zwischen Ding und Wesen.

Eva-Maria Kraft dancing with two robots model Pepper. Video-still from streaming of “Dingwesen” 8.11.2020.
Eva-Maria Kraft dancing with two robots model Pepper. Music by Thomas A. Pichler playing Chellare. Video-still from streaming of “Dingwesen” 8.11.2020.

Eva-Maria Kraft and Helena Frijns with two robots model Pepper. Music by Thomas A. Pichler playing Chellare. Video-still from streaming of “Dingwesen” 8.11.2020.

Darja Stoeva Human-Robot-Interaction with two robots model Pepper, Helena Frijns interacting with Eva-Maria Kraft. Video-still from streaming of “Dingwesen” 8.11.2020.

Christoph Hubatschke reading at the performance. Video-still from streaming of “Dingwesen” 8.11.2020.
Oliver Schürer reading at the performance, Eva-Maria Kraft dancing with two robots model Pepper. Video-still from streaming of “Dingwesen” 8.11.2020.
Christoph Hubatschke and Oliver Schürer reading at the performance. Video-still from streaming of “Dingwesen” 8.11.2020.

Eva-Maria Kraft dancing with two robots model Pepper. Video-still from streaming of “Dingwesen” 8.11.2020.

“Dingwesen” on stage:

Choreography, Dance: Eva-Maria Kraft

Music: Thomas A. Pichler playing Cellare

Human-Robot-Interaction: Helena Frijns, Darja Stoeva

Philosophy: Christoph Hubatschke

Theory: Oliver Schürer

Two Robots model Pepper

Idea, concept: Oliver Schürer

Streaming in Kooperation mit dem Medienlabor der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien