OPENINGS

Experimental encounter between movers, writers, and AI artists.

A gathering that brings together dance, writing, philosophy, and technology to explore the dialogue between the moving body and the generation of images through artificial intelligence (AI) models. This event, open to dancers, writers of all genres—whether professional or not—poets, philosophers, and movement enthusiasts, seeks to investigate the power of description and creation through language, transforming unpredictability into a creative act.

What happens?
Participants will be guided through a journey combining improvised movement practices, writing, and interaction with AI models. Through the concept of prompting (stimulus), both body and language become tools for activating creative processes, generating images and texts that will then be reinterpreted into new forms of movement. The goal is to create a continuous feedback loop between human and machine, where unpredictability becomes a source of inspiration.

Key Themes:

• Movement and unpredictability: Exploring states of perception and physical improvisation.
• Language as a bridge: Translating bodily experience into words and images.
• Generative technology: Using AI to amplify and reinterpret creative inputs.
• Interdisciplinary reflections: Dialogues on creativity, chance, human intelligence, and the role of randomness in science and society.

13.30 - 15.00
PHASE 1 – Guided Creative Flow (1h30, divided into three 20-minute cycles)
The goal is to explore unpredictability through movement, writing, and AI generation. 

🔹 WARM-UP (30 minutes): Manuela leads a FLOWA training— a movement flow that activates the body, senses, and imagination, guided verbally through words. 

🔹 INITIAL INPUT: Movers begin their improvisations based on a central theme: unpredictability—memory lapses, short circuits, falls, embracing external forces, sudden pattern shifts. 

🔹 PHASE 1: During this phase, dancers, movers, and those who enjoy movement take turns on the stage, while writers, poets, and linguists translate movement into words. These texts feed into a creative flow that serves as input for AI-generated images and sounds.

 

• First cycle (20 min): At least four participants must always be present on the stage.
• Second cycle (20 min): A maximum of three participants can be on the stage at the same time.
• Third cycle (20 min): The space must always be occupied by only one person at a time.

These variations create different dynamics of tension and relationships between bodies and language.

 
15.15 - 16.15
PHASE 2 – Two Perspectives to Open Reflection (1h)
During Phase 1, two key themes emerge and are developed through brief interventions: 

🔸 Rita Pezzati (psychotherapist) – Insights into body memory, gaps, short circuits, and embracing the unexpected.
🔸 Reflection on AI generation logic, the relationship between body and algorithm, and the creative potential of errors in technology. These interventions are not prepared in advance but arise from the material generated in Phase 1, serving as a starting point for a public and open dialogue.

16.30 - 17.00
PHASE 3 – Interaction with AI Material and Living Text (30 min)
The space becomes a reactive environment where movers interact with AI-generated images, prompts, and sounds, transmitted in real-time on screens and speakers. A microphone amplifies new textual stimuli, making language an active part of the performative process. The AI materials are pre-processed, but the generation process can continue in real-time, feeding the flow with new textual, sound, and visual creations. 

💡 Note: The event is open to all, including those who simply wish to observe without actively participating. 

The intent is to create a shared space where movement, writing, and AI intertwine, generating a fluid and ever-evolving experience.