4+4 Days in Motion / Annie Dorsen: Hello Hi There

New York multimedia artist Annie Dorsen, a recipient of the prestigious Obie Award, has created a performance without people: Hello Hi There is a dialogue between two specially developed “chatbots”. Each evening, these computer programs give a live performance of a new text, like improvisation. Dorsen was inspired by a well-known 1970s television debate between philosopher Michel Foucault and linguist and activist Noam Chomsky. As a result, we can see what happens and witness the world of ideas that is created when two computers start to talk about people.
Hello Hi There had its premiere at the steirischer herbst festival in Graz, and has also been shown among other places in Oslo, Bergen, and Berlin. In January 2011, it could be seen at New York’s prestigious off-Broadway venue PS122.

Presented by the 17th international festival of contemporary art 4 + 4 Days in Motion