What is Socrates Phone Number? (Expanded performance)
2016
Performance
Image credit: Matt Allen. Live Art Bistro, Leeds.
Performance for 5 particpants and audience
A woman sits at a table. In front of her are five chairs. Participants are invited to join her and read through a script.
'What is Socrates' telephone number?' begins with an understanding of how our brain works - how actions and memories of actions create the same neural pathways. When asked a question the brain can determine in advance whether there is any point searching the memory for that fact – or if it is pointless.
The script has been taken from conversations the artist has with an AI (www.cleverbot.com) during a period of emotional turmoil: the breakdown of a relationship. The work invites participants to consider their own desires and motivations and aims to playfully disrupt their understanding of who they are.
A woman sits at a table. In front of her are five chairs. Participants are invited to join her and read through a script.
'What is Socrates' telephone number?' begins with an understanding of how our brain works - how actions and memories of actions create the same neural pathways. When asked a question the brain can determine in advance whether there is any point searching the memory for that fact – or if it is pointless.
The script has been taken from conversations the artist has with an AI (www.cleverbot.com) during a period of emotional turmoil: the breakdown of a relationship. The work invites participants to consider their own desires and motivations and aims to playfully disrupt their understanding of who they are.
Performed at NEWK, Wednesday 14th December 2016 at Live Art Bistro Leeds.
Tour supported by Arts Council England
Tour supported by Arts Council England
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