An online interactive system that transforms the concert into a dark-comedy game show, fusing AI and audience participation to critique social and climate collapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wen Liu<\/strong> is a multi-award-winning composer and media artist celebrated for her ability to fuse music, performance, and technology into surreal, socially critical art forms. As the founder and artistic director of Studio M.A.R.S. and Festival M.A.R.S., she has established a singular artistic universe defined by a distinctive visual and musical language, interwoven with dark humor<\/strong> and absurdism<\/strong>. The show is a surreal descent that invites reflection on the paradoxes of urban existence, where cutting-edge technology collides with social and ecological disintegration. The central question posed by Uncanny Reverie<\/em> is provocative: does progress truly serve humanity\u2014or does it only reinforce the illusions we live by?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her internationally acclaimed productions, such as Yum!<\/em> (winner of the prestigious European Opera award and the FEDORA Digital Prize 2025<\/strong>\u2014an award celebrating innovation in opera and ballet through technology), exemplify a groundbreaking blend of participatory storytelling and real-time interactivity.
Uncanny Reverie<\/em> is a theatrical concert<\/strong> that integrates a music ensemble with an online interactive system. The work leverages Artificial Intelligence (AI) to weave environmental and societal narratives that unfold through active audience participation.
Audiences are plunged into a twisted game show<\/strong> set in a society unraveling under climate collapse and moral decay. Each darkly satirical challenge exposes the distorted choices at the core of modern life, where the relentless pursuit of \u201cprogress\u201d collides with crumbling values and a widening gap between illusion and reality.
The storyline evolves through live audience input: via a custom app<\/strong>, participants vote in real time to steer the action, triggering new questions and propelling the plot forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n