Why you shouldn’t miss this!
Why you shouldn’t miss this!
Just in time for the election, ATLAS DRUGGED (Tools for Tomorrow) is a playful analysis of both the current moment, in which AI-generated “evidence” influences much of what we think and feel, and also a speculation about a near future where candidates themselves are as engineered as their messages. We witness Silicon Valley’s creation of an AI-inflected candidate based on the free-market, alt-right teachings of Ayn Rand and we tune our candidate to our audience, engineering and testing new campaigning strategies and multiple strains of political “messaging.”
In this latest mind-bender from The Builders Association the audience uses their smart devices to help “tune” the candidate, navigate political messaging, and compete for clout in a game that determines the end of the show.
PRODUCTION WARNINGS
This performance engages the audience in using their phones; please arrive with your phone fully charged.
Date + Time
Date + Time
About
About
WORLD PREMIERE
The benzedrine rants of Ayn Rand meet Artificial Intelligence meet electoral politics in ATLAS DRUGGED (Tools for Tomorrow), The Builders Association’s newest, technologically dazzling work.
- Fri Oct 25 – Sun Oct 27, 2024
- 7:30 PM, 2:00 PM
Run Time
75 minutes
Advisory
PRODUCTION WARNINGS This performance engages the audience in using their phones; please arrive with your phone fully charged.
Gallery
Gallery
Photo by James Gibbs
Photo by Marianne Weems
Photo by Shannon Sindelar
Creative Credits
Creative Credits
Director Marianne Weems
Writer/Dramaturg James Gibbs
Video Design Austin Switser
Sound Design Dan Dobson
Lighting by Jennifer Tipton and Allen Hahn
Data Analytics and Interaction Design Lawrence Shea
Set and Costume Design Andreea Mincic
Technical Director and Production Manager Jack Daniel Woods
Assistant Director Kate Purdum
Media Associate David Pym
Creative Developer Will Rinkoff
Stage Manager and Sound Associate Erin Gray
Assistant Scenic Design Andrew Machovec
Production Assistant Jasmine Richards
Performed by Moe Angelos (The Candidate) and Tanya Selvaratnam (Emcee, Engineer)
Company
Company
The Builders Association
The Builders Association, founded in 1994 and directed by Marianne Weems, is a New York-based performance and media company that creates original productions based on stories drawn from contemporary life. The company uses the richness of new and old tools to extend the boundaries of theater. Based on innovative collaborations, Builders’ productions blend stage performance, text, video, sound, and architecture to tell stories about human experience in the 21st century. From BAM to Bogata, Singapore to Melbourne, Minneapolis and Los Angeles to Budapest, The Builders Association’s OBIE award-winning shows have toured to major venues the world over.
Support
Support
ATLAS DRUGGED (Tools for Tomorrow) is supported in part by Mitu’s Artists-At-Home program.
NYU Skirball’s programs are made possible in part with support from the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; and the Howard Gilman Foundation; Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels; The Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater; Collins Building Services; Harkness Foundation for Dance; Villa Albertine; General Delegation of the Government of Flanders to the USA; Goethe Institut-New York; Austrian Cultural Forum New York; Marta Heflin Foundation; as well as our valued donors through memberships, commissioning, and Allies for Arts Access Fund support.