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collaborators – expresses latent dreams

through words, materials and movements.

The Other Actor’s content transforms in

response to humans – both performers

and spectators.

YL: A show is never finished – it

continually evolves from day to day, from

city to city, from culture to culture.

A comedy show, an intelligent improvisa-

tion, an emotive dance – how would these

events feel to viewers when performed by

an actor embodying an ungendered amor-

phous shape, an industrial robotic arm,

a 50-m-wide screen?

Say someone has just visited The Other

Actor. How would they describe what they

saw to a friend who wasn’t there? JY: We

envision The Other Actor not as a specific

You’re particularly interested in the inter-

section of physical and digital shows...

YUXI LIU: Physical shows are becoming

more physical, while digital shows are

forging new frontiers of experience in art,

music and entertainment. As both sides

of the equation develop, we may see the

spectrum of shows start to broaden and

fractionalize. We’re attracted to the point

at which physical and digital converge.

Within that liminal space lies the potential

for an event that is generative, reactive and

completely exclusive.

Can you tell us about your concept, The

Other Actor? JING YU: In a world of

human-machine cohabitation, we envision

a future show in which AI senses, learns,

generates and – together with living

THE FUTURE OF SHOWS

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For ∞

Nights

Only

Yuxi Liu and Jing Yu imagine

a future show in which

HUMANS COLLABORATE

WITH AI to produce

an evolving – and never-

ending – performance.

The Other Actor’s content would

transform in response to performer-

and audience-specific data captured by

embedded cameras and sensors.

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