Flyover Contemporary Dance
in residence at The Momentary
(un) C.A.N.I. (Creative Acts of Neo-Intelligence) is a series of danced explorations that probes humanity’s increasingly tangled relationship with artificial intelligence. Utilizing the aesthetic concept of the “uncanny valley,” this immersive, multimedia performance physically manifests the unsettling relationship between the human and the not-quite human, fundamentally questioning the artist’s role in the rise of computer systems that emulate human intelligences. The movement essays investigate ideas like doomscrolling, algorithmic biases, fear-mongering around human job loss, and danced portrayals of robots. Ultimately, (un) C.A.N.I. leaves audiences and artists alike questioning the uniqueness of human creativity and what ethical and artistic imagings are available to us in a post A.I. world.