LILITH.AEON ─ Lecture Performance | AΦE | with Audience Discussion

In the lecture performance of "LILITH.AEON," Aoi Nakamura and Esteban Lecoq from AΦE discuss the genesis of "LILITH.AEON" and the seven-year development process. "LILITH.AEON" explores the future of humanity as an interactive, immersive installation that combines Extended Reality (XR), dance, and artificial intelligence. In "LILITH.AEON," the audience encounters the first transhuman dancer on her journey through multiple stages of incarnation. Thanks to the interaction of the viewers with a trained artificial intelligence, the story of a being that appears anew and uniquely in each performance within an LED cube becomes tangible. With Lilith, the question arises of how a 'human' life might feel beyond our physical bodies. Through the experience of grief and personal loss, AΦE engaged with transhumanism (the use of technology to evolve beyond the limits of human existence) and the story of the youngest person ever cryopreserved. With the seamless use of Unreal Engine, motion capture, AI, machine learning, and 3D animation, the installation "LILITH.AEON" was created over more than seven years of research, conceptualization, and artistic work. It offers a glimpse into another world that is both artistically compelling and emotionally moving. AΦE is the first dance company in the UK to tour internationally with VR and AR productions. Since its founding, it has performed in 20 countries and enjoys the support of some of the most prestigious institutions in the dance world, such as Sadler’s Wells, Chaillot Théâtre National de la Danse Paris, and the Sydney Festival.