Kino Siska 27 November 2025
CoFestival, is an international contemporary dance festival organised by Kino Šiška and NDA Slovenia, presents a series of top Slovenian and foreign contemporary dance projects every year. Over more than a decade of operation, it has developed into an acclaimed and well-established festival that addresses current contemporary dance, cultural, social and political issues through the featured works and its discoursive programme.
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The Novacene is the conceptual lens through which nino frames anxiety about AI, as well as issues of identity & connection prevalent in contemporary society and promotes a future characterised by increased connectivity, a return to the body, and a reconnection with the environment. The novacene1, proposed by scientist James Lovelock, originator of the Gaia theory, describes a hypothetical new geological era succeeding the Anthropocene, one in which ultra-intelligent, self-improving artificial systems become the dominant force shaping Earth’s biosphere.
Through the use of virtual incarnation and social interaction, an immersive experience is created, facilitating connections and collaborations with the audience. Technology, including real-time motion capture, AI, and game engines, is employed to develop avatars and environments. The unconventional body types of the avatars invite consideration of how we define ourselves and how those definitions evolve interactions in virtual spaces. In this speculative simulation, the user becomes at once the author and the viewer of the artwork, an unconventional gamelike experience.
1Lovelock, J. (2019). Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence. London: Allen Lane ISBN-10 : 024139936X
Creators: Ruth Gibson, Bruno Martelli
Dancers: Eszter Gál, Csilla Gesztelyi Nagy, Balázs Oláh, Mar Serra Martí, Helén Tamaskó, Robert Anderson, Ally Clarke, Ruby Portus, Zara Philips
Music: Mechanoid Muse (Marcus Villaca), Casually Here (Nic Nell)
Sound design: Nic Nell
Dramaturg/Vo: Catherine Duquette
Costume: Kitti Laposa
Special thanks: Liza Nagy, Naoto Hieda, William Ruddock Primett, Ulrich Schrauth & LFF Expanded.
Supported by: MODINA, Creative Europe program of the European Union, SIN Arts Centre, MotionBank/CCL University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf (HSD), Trafó Kortárs Művészetek Háza, Budapest
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https://choreographiccoding.org