Anomalous Textualities re-imagines the Studio Theater as a traversable showroom. Inhabited by seven distinct works, the margins of language and meaning are re-mediated, embodied, and deconstructed through human-machine (mis)translations. In this performance-installation, spatial, temporal, and linguistic boundaries are blurred, giving way to slippages across models, bodies, and forms. Within this anomalous showroom, language models drive mechanical systems, glitching oracles, and choreographic prompts. Two further works explore non-verbal communication, seeking a physical vocabulary for a world shared with a "technological other."
In this complex system, there is no fixed sequence. Light and sound are the conductors. As illumination fades in and out across the grid, models are sporadically activated. The audience is invited to navigate the showroom and explore multiple perspectives, moving through the partitions to witness interactions up close, or observing the entire system from the margins as it breathes and stutters as a single organism.
Note:
The showroom remains in a state of continuous activation between 3:00 PM and 5:00 PM. Visitors are welcome to arrive at any time during this window and stay for as long as they wish to observe the shifting cycles of the system.
Anomalous Textualities is part of the Human-Machine Improvisation Networks project, generously supported by the Imaginative Project Award 2025-2026