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Roboverse

Ulrike Quade Company
Tue 23 Feb - Thu 25 Feb
Experiencing the world through the eyes of a robot.
Tue 23 Feb
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Thu 25 Feb

How does the world feel from the robot's perspective? How does the robot see humans and what does that say about us? Roboverse is an attempt to let us experience the world through the eyes of a robot.

The play is taken by a robot zoo with a four-legged SPOT, a small mobile KUKA, Dorna arms and drones. This motley crew of centaurs and hybrid creatures forms the main narrative to retell the ancient story of man and technology. Combining puppetry, myth, human physicality and robotics, Roboverse is a choreography of mutating forms that balances the familiar and the alienating, the intimate and the spectacular.

Roboverse places humans and robots at the center. Director Ulrike Quade and dramaturg Maaike Bleeker combine artistic and technological research to enrich this magical world with the questions posed. Composer Farzaneh Nouri designs a layered electro-acoustic soundscape that draws the audience into this strange space.

About Ulrike Quade Company

Ulrike Quade Company has been a leading ensemble in interdisciplinary and visual theatre for 25 years. Under the artistic direction of theatre maker and director Ulrike Quade, the company creates performances that bring together dance, music, puppetry and robotics with contemporary social themes. The company works closely with artists, scientists and universities, and presents its work both nationally and internationally. Its body of work has received several awards, including the Wim Meilink Oeuvre prize.

Duration: 70 minutes

Credits

director Ulrike Quade dramaturgy Maaike Bleeker sound design Farzané Nouri photography Kiriko Mechanicus in collaboration with Universiteit Utrecht 

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