Fantasia Realism (2022)

20′, live performance with a projection.

Created and co-directed by:
Soyun Park & Wellsgoodness (Inwoo Jung)

Costume & stage props design: Mika Schalks & Luka Dortmans
Florist: Serena Kim
Makeup & hair: Mika Schalks
Research assistant: Cailean Finn

Fantasia Realism is an audio-visual live performance experimenting with surrealistic experiences through the use of Artificial Intelligence. Drawing on the methodology of early 20th century surrealist artists, who used non-linear narratives as a way to explore pure unconsciousness, the artists used AI to develop the script of the performance using reality-based input words.

In this project, a machine learning system trained on fictional stories such as fairy tales, horrors and thrillers is used to generate a composition of visual and sonic material which the two artists then manipulate live in a theatrical performance.

Commissioned by iii workspace at their artist research residency
Premiered at Rewire Festival, Proximity Music: Sensing after Thoughts
Supported by Arts Council Korea (아르코, Arko)