Project Detail

I am Echoborg

Synopsis

I AM ECHOBORG is a participatory dramatic experience created afresh each time by the audience having a conversation with an artificial intelligence. The production team built a real AI and the content and the outcome of the show depend on the words spoken by the audience and the AI.

Details

Year
2018
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
30 mins
Format
Immersive drama created by an audience in conversation with an artificial intelligence
Director
Rik Lander
Producer
Victoria Jones
Sound
Jim Roper
Principal cast
Marie-Helene Boyd
Documentation
Matt Fenlon.
Funding
Digital Cultures Research Centre & the Arts, Creative Industries and Education Faculty of the University of the West of England

Production Status

Production Company

U-Soap Media Ltd

292 Ashley Down Road
Bristol
BS7 9BQ

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