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LAS Art Foundation presents

During Berlin Art Week 2023, LAS Art Foundation will present the world premiere of “GORGON”, Marianna Simnett’s first performance for the stage. In this newly commissioned work, the Berlin-based, multidisciplinary artist draws on Greek mythology to explore love, envy, power, and empathy in the age of machine learning.


Written, composed, and directed by Simnett, the piece brings together an international stellar cast of collaborators including AI technologist Moisés Horta Valenzuela, choreography by Margrét Bjarna­dóttir, set design by Emilia Margulies, and costume designer Yao Liao.

60 mins.


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Additional information
Commissioned by LAS Art Foundation.
Participating artists
Marianna Simnett (Regie, Komposition & Libretto)
Orlando Maaike Gouwenberg (Produktion)
Moisés Horta Valenzuela (KI-Entwicklung)
Leander Ott (Kamera)
Emilia Margulies (Bühnenbild)
Jeremy Woodruff (Musikentwicklung und Arrangement)
Margrét Bjarnadóttir (Choreografie)
Yao Liao (Gorgonen-Kostümdesign- und Fertigung)
Usha Rani (Greta)
Maria Portela Larisch (Hans)
Roy Amotz (Flötist*innen)
Julie Huguet (Flötist*innen)
Malin Sieberns (Flötist*innen)
Kristóf Siklósi (Flötist*innen)
Sebastian Zamponi (Lichtdesign)
Timur Novikov (Gestaltung der Projektion)
Wibke Tiarks (Technische Produktion)
Ian Berman (Assistenz KI-Datensätze)
Marianna Simnett (Schnitt, visuelle Effekte)
Charlotte Buchal (Kostümdesign)
Marianna Simnett (Gestaltung der Masken)
Victoria Plekhanova (Make-up)
Sara Matt (Haare)
Ksenia Jakobson (2023); Andrew Wagner (2022–2023) (Marianna Simnett Studio-Management)
Isobel O'Gorman (Marianna Simnett Studioassistenz / Praktikum)
Flinder Zuyderhoff-Gray (Projektmanagerin LAS)
Eva Mikelatou (Creative Producer LAS)
Carly Whitefield (Kuratorin LAS)
Sophie Korschildgen (Assistenzkuratorin LAS)
Tilman Kanitz (Kuratorische Beratung LAS)
Felix Thon (Leitung Kommunikation und Marketing LAS)
Marietta Auras (Kommunikationsmanagerin LAS)
Ann-Charlotte Günzel (Pressearbeit LAS)
Evelyn Nossol (Kommunikation und Marketing LAS)
Veronica Jonsson (Social Media LAS)
Louise Nielsen (Veranstaltungsplanung LAS)
Eva Vollmar (Marianna Simnett Studio Casting)
Carole Hassoun (Content Creator LAS)