Enter the Blackbox

Interrobang

– Kristalle, Feder, Wassertropfen, mehrere Glühbirnen, Computerchip und gemalte Hand vor schwarzem Hintergrund, radial angeordnet.

How is the hidden logic of artificial intelligence systems changing our world? Interrobang turns the audience itself into part of a learning system: as ‘tokens’, the participants influence a human-machine AI through their movements and responses. Play the system before it plays you!Interrobang is known for its participatory formats, which explore digital technology in the theatre through play. Now the Berlin-based group is ‘hacking’ the theatre’s black box to shed light on the darkness of AI black boxes. Together with the audience, Interrobang is building a human-machine AI that can only exist in the theatre. To do this, the participants themselves become “tokens”: the small building blocks that AI systems use to perform calculations. Through movements, responses and positioning within the space, a learning system emerges. Come into Interrobang’s black box and experience how machine logic connects, isolates or transforms us.

approx. 90 mins.

Artists/Collaborators: Interrobang (Konzept), (Till Müller-Klug) (Konzept), Interrobang & Team (Stückentwicklung), Manus Nijhoff (Creative Coding & Video), Alexandre Silveira (Creative Coding & Video), Sandra Fox (Ausstattung), Friedrich Greiling (Musik), Anne Küper (Dramaturgie), Tina Ebert (Dramaturgische Mitarbeit), Jack Willenbacher (Dramaturgische Mitarbeit), Nina Tecklenburg (Outside Eye), Dirk Lutz (Technische Leitung & Lichtdesign), Jürgen Fehrmann (Grafik), Julia Elger (Dokumentation & Trailer), ehrliche arbeit - freies Kulturbüro (Produktionsleitung), Sandra Klöss (Produktionsleitung), Jack Willenbacher (Company Management, Kommunikation & Social Media), Tina Ebert (Freie Mitarbeit Kommunikation & PR)

At the start of the performance, audience members can choose a space in the theatre (AI or theatre black box). In the AI black box, audience members become part of the performance. The audience on both sides will communicate with an AI via mobile devices and be prompted by it to carry out specific actions.There are moments of complete darkness. Fog is being used.This production contains AI-generated video and image content, as well as synthetically generated voices. There are scenes involving audience interaction, during which photos or videos of the audience will be taken, projected and altered by an AI. To opt out of this, the you can choose the “theatre black box” at the start of the performance.All personal data is stored on a server located in Germany during the performance and deleted afterwards. This server is subject to the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

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• Date Wednesday, 25/November/2026 20:00 ( 3 more dates )
• Venue Hebbel am Ufer - HAU3
• Address Tempelhofer Ufer 10, 10963 Berlin-Kreuzberg
• Price from €25.00

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