A.I Nai Nai - 人工 奶奶
Development of A.I Nai Nai - 人工 奶奶
Melbourne Australia
https://antipodestheatre.com/2024winter-lab
AI Nie Nie in development in collaboration with Antipodes Theatre Company, Melbourne, Australia (Brandon Pape, Artistic Director; Cameron Steens, New Work Manager).
The "AI Nie Nie Project" is a deeply personal exploration into the realms of spirit mediumship, memory, and ancestral connection. Rooted in the legacy of my grandmother, Mary Ngu Ching Siew, Nie Nie (Grandmother in Mandarin). This project seeks to explore the intersections of past, present, and the ‘spirit world’ through family and historical research, artificial intelligence (AI) and devised performance. The project aims to create a bridge between generations, cultures, and continents, using AI as a conduit for storytelling, cultural preservation, and connection.
"AI Nie Nie" emerges as an avenue for reconciliation, homage, and a tangible contemporary connection in a meta form to the past in the present. The project unfolds across three intertwined realms, each bearing equal weight and significance: the legacy of Nie Nie, the traditions of the "Wu" lineage, my grandmothers family name which translates to " female shaman" or "spirit medium," and the profound questions of digital necromancy. The project intertwined with the Wu lineage ‘female shaman’ questions can AI be a spirit medium? Is this modern day shamanism?
ROLE: Concept/Devisor/Director
Collaborators:
AI Consultant: Kang Wei Tan
Dramaturg & Devisor: Janette Hoe
Devisor: Angelique 烨 Zhou
Devisor: Sasha Leong
Sound Designer: Lisa Greenaway
Project Associate: Lakshmi Ganapathy
PRODUCTION TEAM - https://antipodestheatre.com/
Photo credit: Cameron Steens
Video credit: A.I generated: Kang Wei Tan
