Atlas Drugged is a performance that explores our current political realities (just in time for the election) through the use of multiple forms. Through the use of artificial intelligence, a new political candidate has been created by The Builders Association and its director, Marianne Weems. One that is based on the works of Ayn Rand, a Russian-American philosopher whose writings have been used as inspiration to construct the theoretical framework for the alt-right—prioritizing free-markets and objectivism at all costs.
RELATED EVENTS
RELATED EVENTS
- Fri Oct 25 – Sun Oct 27, 2024
ATLAS DRUGGED (Tools for Tomorrow)
- Commission
- Skirball Presents
- Theater
OFFICE HOURS
OFFICE HOURS
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ATLAS DRUGGED featuring AI Rand
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Recommended readings to get you in gear for the show.
- Nyari Dorina, Reviving Performance Art in the AI Era: Unleashing Creative Awareness (2023)
- Lisa Duggan, Mean Girl: Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed. University of California Press, 2019.
- Mike Monteiro, Ruined by Design: How Designers Destroyed the World, and What We Can Do to Fix It. Mule Press, 2019.
- Cass R. Sunstein, This is Not Normal: The Politics of Everyday Expectations. Yale University Press, 2021.
- Peter McLaren and Petar Jandrić, Postdigital Dialogues on Critical Pedagogy, Liberation Theology and Information Technology. Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
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The Builder’s Association
“She has since left Victorian dramas behind, blending live performance, video, technology, and architecture to narrate stories based on the experiences, facts, and phenomena of reality today.”
History Lessons
History Lessons
This is what happens when you take Ayn Rand seriously
“I find myself wondering why Rand’s popularity among the young continues to grow.”
Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
“Her last and best-known book, Atlas Shrugged, was published in 1957; she considered it her magnum opus of fictional writing.”
