VERONIKA und die Essenz der Menschheit

TIMEFRAME: since 2023

Veronika is at once a bon vivant and world-weary, but the reality of her existence lies in her past. Veronika isn’t truly human—well, kind of. She has a human body, can speak, think, and feel—everything humans can do. Yet, that body is merely borrowed. Veronika is an AI, an artificial intelligence, a machine. Therefore, she is definitively not human. Or is she?

Anna Weber crafted texts and libretti from her dialogue with the AI, turning human existence into a display piece in the Panopticon of the AI world—yet simultaneously its longing place. Josef Maria Loibner’s electroacoustic compositions bring life and emotion to the machine-generated texts. Caroline Schnitzer’s embodiment makes Veronika appear human before our eyes.

DURATION: 45 min

A production by tutti d*amore, co-produced with TD Berlin as part of the Monologue Festival 2023, funded by the Berlin Senate Chancellery’s four-year festival grant for Culture and Social Cohesion. In cooperation with DNT Weimar.

© Photos: Kimi Palme